4AD Instrument Panel Details

[kabu]

This thread has a lot of valuable information that has greatly improved my knowledge adout the instrument panel details so that i can restore it to as original specificatios as possible.

The original vinyl covering on my dash seems to be beige, anyway clearly lighter that the brown/tan on Pauls photos. It may well be that my car did have beige/ivory steering wheel. It is impossible to tell now since the steering wheel has been changed to non original at some point. I do have a correct black singer steering wheel now.

Thank you all for your contribution.

BR/
Pekka
Helsinki, Finland

[Phillip]

Hey Pekka,

It's our pleasure and what our club is all about. Interesting to hear that you conclude that your dash was orginally the light cream and probably with a cream wheel. The grey upholstery snippet shown is indentical to the interior leatherette on the car Paul and I own ( with the honey tan dash )

And so, to finish up, here is a photo of the dash in the 1954 4ADT belonging to Kenlis Pearce from Ontario, Canada. This car and our car are brother and sister, being only seven chassis numbers apart. They were no doubt dispatched from the factory in the same shipment bound for Knowles & Foster, the east coast distributor based in Montreal, Quebec.

This picture was taken at our Hudson British Car Show and was the offical debut for Kenlis of the finished car. It was also the first public appearance of our 4ADT since the early 1960's and occurred on the anniversary of it's departure from Coventry some 54 years ago to the day.

Kenlis Pearce's 1954 4ADT

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Ken's car looks very attractive with the green metallic paint and tan upholstery, wheel and dash. Everything ties together with the brown instruments, knobs, etc, and brown steering wheel centre. This car also has the seats piped in brown. I've seen other late model 4AD's done with contrasting piping, but usually the red body with tan seats and red piping. Interesting and no doubt another topic for discussion!

Good luck with your restoration and enjoy the ride!

[Peter McKercher]

Here is a shot of a 4 AD from the movie Un drôle de dimanche which shows a couple of interesting things. One is the cloth covered dash. The other is the placement of the trafficator in a rather unusual location on the fascia beside the glovebox