Re: 55-56 Caribbean padded dash?

Posted by Ross On 2015/6/5 5:35:58

Kev: Your 400 has black cloth, but the sides of the seats are turquoise,no? Therefore the dash should be turquoise. I think this was the general rule although cars with white leather side trim got a black or grey dash.

I can't recall seeing a single black dash on a 55 senior car, the clippers got them if they had either black, yellow, or white side trim.

As an historical side note: after 40 years of screwing around with these cars I have often seen '55 cars where the column and or wheel were repainted at the factory to make them match the rest. They seemed to have a real problem coordinating that in the new plant.