Great thread - I'm an analog gauge junky. I like my 911 dash. I have enjoyed the layout of all the different Audi's that I've owned.

Can you ever over-do analog gauge placement? How about this one?:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578626144.jpg

Here's a link to interesting interiors:

https://carinteriors.tumblr.com/

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578671930.JPG

This is the dash of a 1952 356 Cabriolet. Documented as THE oldest Porsche sold brand new in the USA.

I like the gauges in your Bullet, Paul. You probably know better than me but they seem to be an homage to old school Ford design. The font on the dash lettering is the same as on my parents 66 Custom and the round barrel gauges harken back to that era too. All in all a pleasing design.

Last car for me. Dash of my 1996 Land Cruiser, a bit of a Unicorn with only 122K on the clock. Not bad:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578676585.jpg

Then they put switches all over the place, not sure why:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578676646.jpg

The switches above the radio, to the left, raise and lower the antenna. So quaint!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578676646.jpg

Another favorite (and very similar to the 928 and Z32 300Z). Nice places to be...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578679586.jpg

Lotus got the two main gauges right (big and right in front) but the switches and small gauges look like they were placed by using a Remington pump to "pray & spray"

what a mess


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578679992.jpg


1962 Elan S2

Thanks. That had a factor in my decision to buy. Easy to read...didn't know about the font, but it's very legible. All appreciated on another non eventful run to my favorite pool hall yesterday.

(edit) An added benefit is that Cindy can't read the speedometer from the passenger seat. ;)

Aren't the vents electronically controlled as well?

Here in the midwest I might have to adjust the vents a few times during my commute. I wouldn't want to have to use the screen every time.

Just had this recovered after enlarging holes for the new gauges.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578689993.jpg

Speedo looks pegged at max.
Does that use opposing pulsing current to limit needle movement instead?
(forgot the technical term)

i.e. something else to break

They are, but they are much more broad than normal vents. I tend to have two general ways I aim it, one for winter that hits the side windows a bit more than summer. I fiddle with it far less than even the other cars with auto temp, not sure if it's the diffusion or what, but it stays a lot more evenly comfortable.

I did find I had to toggle the front defroster now and then when the dog was in the car for a long ride steaming everything up. That's a main screen toggle though, pretty easy to reach over and hit, and could have left it on for the trip I suppose, but it adds a bit of noise, more noticeable with no engine noise.

Also, for what it's worth I pretty much always leave it on fan speed 4 and let it adjust the temp, but it does have a full auto mode for that, I just don't like the up/down ramp all that much, and prefer the air temp change.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578694540.jpg

My favorite dashes, not for ergonomics but aesthetics. The common theme is analog, if you can adjust it by tapping on it, cool. They all make me feel better!

68 Century Resorter
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578717336.jpg

76 Hatteras
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578717387.jpg

76 Triumph Spitfire
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578717554.jpg

66 Jaguar XKE type 1
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578717678.jpg

81 Skywagon
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578717815.jpg

And it looks like I don't have a good shot of the 87 Carrera - but it's on the list too.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1578717877.jpg

esthetic if not ergonomic...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1600904892.jpg

Thank you. Saves me searching for the e28 dash photo.

I really like the gauges on my 4 runner, similar to Paul's truck. I miss that LC dash. Its simple, not too many switches.

I know is off topic, but its interior:D Why do I always see so many sheep skins on pilot's seats?

When I had my old '88, the only, IMO, thing that kept the dash from being perfect was the tach and speedo. I rotated them so that the tach's redline had the needle vertical, and then rotated the speedo to the same angle. Part of the speedo was obscured by the steering wheel when it was straight. When it was rotated to match the tach, then the part that was obscured wasn't important. I would have loved to have the gauge faces redone by one of the two gauge shops in Cali so they could be tilted without the numbers/text being slanted.

But then I also thought the HVAC control made perfect sense and were very functional which, I think, makes me unusual.

No - the 911 gauges are near perfect

The most important thing is right in front of you.

2nd most important are just outboard of the tach (Oil Press. and speedo)
- speedo needle can be a bit hard to see over 60 mph but that is due to out smaller dia. steering wheels, it's ok for a stock wheel

Least important things are outboard

Late in the MY's they started adding accessories and just sticking them anywhere - those complaints are valid.

The 996 & Boxster also have xlnt layouts

Now, look back at the BMW above - another no nonsense cockpit for the task of driving.

The Germans had it down pretty good.

Thats an E30. Drove one for years. E28 is similar.




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'55 Thunderbird dash - speedo has clear lens on back so to see right through the unit - through the windshield. That dash grafted-in a early Hot Rod looks very cool.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1608331173.jpg