Awesome Interiors & Crazy Instrument Panels: The 1960-62 Chrysler Astrodome Interior
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- Learn more about the Chrysler Astrodome interior on the 1960-62 Chryslers (Windsor, Saratoga, New Yorker, and the Newport - depending on the year).
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I am 87 years old. I actually owned one. The most beautiful instrument panel I have ever seen.
The days of guilt free driving and actually having enjoyment while driving 😊. Today we have not left our children the fun and excitement which we once had with our fantastic vehicles
I'm in awe of these at car shows. Inarguably the most vivid instrument panel of the era, perhaps of all time. It's totally Forbidden Planet.
I had a 1960 New Yorker for about 18 years.
It was the most joyous car to drive. It made you really appreciate where American luxury came from. Just the way it would float over bumps and quietly laugh at a driver's attempt to stomp on the accelerator while it' still cheerfully delivered that power.
But perhaps the most enjoyable thing about driving a New Yorker, was every touch of a switch or interaction with the controls just had purpose. Just pushing a button to go into drive, or signaling with the turn signal was fun.
I miss that car, but I recently found another one in not as great shape, but but I am really looking forward to getting this baby back to her Golden Lion glory.
Those dome clusters were always one of my favorites.
I had a 61 Newport wagon. Everyone commented how neat that cluster was.
Finally ! My favorite car! with the Astro-Dome instrument panel. We had a 1960 Chrysler Windsor withe Golden Lion engine and Astro-dome panel and all the green segmented lights for all the buttons and knobs. My dad was an Air Force pilot and we got transferred to France in 61 and we took the car with us. Even went on a trip to Switzerland in it. That big car on those small European streets was special and lots of looks from the locals. I sure loved that car but they sold it in Apple Valley California in 1967 to an apple farmer. The last I saw of it was that farmer driving off from the gas station in Victorville Ca. where we meet up for the sale.
I remember as a child seeing an Astra Dome cluster on a Chrysler and it blew my mind!
I too experienced that awe as a child with a relative's Chrysler...it was so "sool", especially at night all light-up with all the chrome accents...in a word fantastic.
I bought a 61 or 62 Chrysler with the Astrodome in 1973 for $50.00. It was a great car everything worked. Also came with what we called the factory moon lights in the back window. The car was so quiet and rode so well it was like flying a spaceship down those lonely country highways and backroads at night.
My very first car (we all remember them right?) Was the 1962 Chrysler 300 four-door. That dashboard was absolutely spectacular! That Astrodome instrument cluster was awesome during the daytime, but it was unbelievably beautiful at night. The pale blue panelescent lighting is something you'll never forget! I got this car when I was 17 years old.... And the car was already nine years old. But it was my 'honey'. She rode on the road like a big boat. And how that Chrome did gleam!!!
Back in the mid 90's, a member of the San Francisco based Freewheelers Classic Car Club, drove his white '60 300F hardtop to one of our evening meetings.
That night he showed off the car. I'll never forget the impressively brilliant illumination of its AstraDome IP. In fact, that four place, terracotta leather, bucket seat interior was simply stratospheric and truly complimented the strikingly handsome exterior design.
Hats off to Chrysler!
The video I've been waiting for! My favourite instrument cluster finally gets its moment in the spotlight. The speedometer goes up to 150 on this model, which was unusual.
The letter series 300s had 150 mph speedos all others used the 120 mph speedos
The 300 lettercars came with a 413 duel four barrel crossram intake.
The carbs stuck out over the valve covers.
@@dubes5594 Totally awesome to lift the hood, and see that massive engine!...up to 390hp...those cars could do 0-60 in 7 seconds or less! Forget about the mpg!...Nobody cared, when gas was 25 cents a gallon! This was when the USA was at the top of it's glory, and folks did not mind flaunting that fact!
I agree the 1960 dash is a high watermark. I have a 1960 Windsor sedan and a 1960 Brerarian ambulance based on the wagon.
The Astrodome IP was on another level from anything else.
It really was. It's electroluminescent contains some sort of magic flourescent hi-voltage voo doo no other car in history had!
You nailed it. My parents had the 62 Newport two door hardtop. Fantastic car. Handled like a sports car and had plenty of get up and go with the standard 361 V-8. The astradome was a thing of beauty at night. I could see the reflection of it in the drivers window at night while being a young kid who thought it was the coolest thing in the world. Ours lacked the clear steering wheel, but I do remember it being flat on the bottom. Watching the steering wheel correct itself after a turn was fun to watch because you could almost get dizzy as a result the lack of roundness. I thought the turn signal was like magic, after a turn it would go back to position by itself. Also the radio to my very young ears had such a warm sound. It said Golden Tone on the radio and that was no joke. You had to wait a minute or so for the radio to warm up, but it was worth it. I've never heard an AM radio sound this good since ours met its maker in November of 1972 when it was totaled by a drunk driver who wiped put two of our cars while speeding down our street late one Friday night. My final ride in that car was good Friday 1973. My dad delivered the car so my uncle could extract the motor to put in his 1940 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Panel, were it sits to this day. My dad was a body man and could have repaired it, but he said though drivable after cutting most of the left rear off the car to make it drivable that it was a total. Plus my parents had bought a brand new 1972 Mercury Montego MX 2 door hardtop a few months prior. A brand new 1972 Pinto replaced the Chrysler which at the time was a mixed bag. I loved the Pinto, but I really missed and still miss the 62 Chrysler.
I actually spun a bearing on our 361 (gift from my father who never took care of the car) ~ 50 miles from home, the bearing “re-spun” into its normal position and I made it to within 3 miles of home. I worked at a garage during my 4 summers of college and removed the pistons while the car was on jackstands in the lot.
A machinist actually cut the rod journal 0.006 while the crank was IN THE CAR (used a small electric motor to spin the crank at a low rpm) and I drove the car another 2 years or so - the 361 (under bored 383) was a good engine!!!
Just reading your comment after I made mine above. Yes, I remember the steering wheel being like that too. Funny how you made the same comments about the radio. May our old cars rest in Mopar heaven together.
My grandparents had the 62 Newport. I loved riding in the middle of the front seat at night. For a little kid watching the dome was like watching a Christmas tree. I think all the knobs on the bottom of the astrodome luminated too along with other things on the dash too.
As you mentioned, the dash lighting at night was truly unique. My grandfather bought the 62 New Yorker new and it has been handed down to his oldest son, my uncle, then me. I still have the car and drive it regularly. It has the 413 C.I. engine, 4 barrel Carter AFB carburetor along with new bias ply tires (not safe!) that my uncle purchased for the car in about 1970. I never drive the car over 35 to 40 mph because I do not trust the tires. They are 14 inch and very expensive to replace.
My grandfather had a 1961 Chrysler 300. It was an absolutely beautiful car that was black with red interior. I loved the astrodome instrument console and thought it looked very futuristic. I had forgotten about the aqua blue instrument lighting. It was not like instrument lighting on other cars of the time. I am not talking about it being blue. But was far brighter and more even brightness all over. Maybe it was electroluminescence? He bought this car when I was 4yo. So when we were in his car driving at night. I would stand in the back my arms and head over the top of the front seats and stare at those lights. i ad forgotten all about those lights. Thank you for showing them to us.
My family had a '62 Chrysler. The astrodome was really something to see at night, with the brightness turned up high.
All these older cars really are fascinating. Works of art.
My dad had a 1961 Chrysler 300 convertible. The dash was definitely striking.
The Astrodome instrument panel was electroluminescent, a technology that really underscores how experimental Chrysler was in the 1950s-1960s. Electroluminescence (EL) is an optical and electrical phenomenon, in which a material emits light in response to the passage of an electric current or to a strong electric field. This is distinct from black body light emission resulting from heat (incandescence), a chemical reaction (chemiluminescence), sound (sonoluminescence), or other mechanical action (mechanoluminescence). Electroluminescence is the result of radiative recombination of electrons and holes in a material, usually a semiconductor. The excited electrons release their energy as photons - light. Prior to recombination, electrons and holes may be separated either by doping the material to form a p-n junction (in semiconductor electroluminescent devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs)) or through excitation by impact of high-energy electrons accelerated by a strong electric field (as with the phosphors in electroluminescent displays). The most modern incarnation of electroluminescence are the popular organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays in smartphones and TVs.
The wires that feed these instrument lighting is very, very thin....nearly as a human hair. Especially the ones that feed the actual indicator needles. I have repaired mine several times when the indicator needles failed to illuminate.
👍🏻I was just about to ask about this. I’m definitely familiar with electroluminescent lighting in certain automobiles like very Late 70’s GM vehicles(Opera lamps, dash lighting etc.) Didn’t know this technology was even available in the 60’s. I’m impressed.
Hey Adam, thanks for the review of the 1960 to 62 full-size Chryslers. I was just 6 years old in 1961 and was part of a "Chrysler " family. Mom's side of the family all worked at the Chrysler Corporation when we lived in Detroit. Dad's side was at Ford. I had two uncles that drove those Chryslers. One a white 61 Newport, the other a carmal 62, 300. The first time I saw the Panelesent instrument cluster at night, I was hooked. I agree with you. There has never been a more beautiful and exciting dash than on the 61 and 62 Chryslers. You had to see it to really appreciate how it looked. I'm guessing it had to cost more to manufacture those than incandescent bulbs, more complex to assemble, but man, they were worth it. They were amazing. I once took apart the push button drive buttons on a 63 Newport, and I was amazed at how each button was lit. Each button had long clear plastic rectangle shaped tubes that all lead to a single point that housed the incandescent bulb. As you pointed out, in 1963, Chrysler moved to a much more conventional dashboard that was flat with round gauges on each side of a larger round speedometer. These lit up in a pale light green backlight that was far less dynamic than the Panelesent Astrodome. I never really liked the 63 - 64 lighting. In 1967, Plymouths used bluish green floodlights that did a great job of lighting the dash and most of the front seat with that bluish green color. In 1969, the fuelsage Chryslers moved to that same floodlight lighting. It was a good idea because it lit up the entire dash with a lot less infrastructure behind the dash. It worked, but it was never quite as beautiful as the Panelesent lighting of the Astrodome. To this day, I have never been more impressed by a dashboard, except for the mid-70s Lincolns, although those were lit by incandescent bulbs, they were great to look at in the dark. I love the original Chrysler Corporation cars. They had a completely different approach than Ford and GM.
My Father had a 1960 Chrysler New Yorker Station Wagon I loved that car That dashboard at nite was amazing It had a 413 Golden Lion engine and a rear facing 3rd seat SO COOL
The Astrodome instrument cluster may be long gone but square or ‘squircle’ steering wheels are definitely making a comeback.
It's a horrible idea. Even the slightly off-center Chevrolet wheels of the 1970s were annoying. Then there are the ratchet teeth and hideous bulges at 10 and 2 in the past couple of decades. None of this nonsense is necessary with small tilting wheels and power steering. There is nothing like the feel of a well-worn, perfectly round wheel returning to center after a turn.
Just looking at that wonderful 1960 Chrysler instrument panel lit up puts me in a good mood.
I like that one in the thumbnail. Very stylish. Edsel had some kind of rotating speed dial and the push button gear selector was in the middle of the steering wheel.
I really enjoy this channel as it’s just like stepping into a time machine and traveling back to my youth as at that time and still now all these car details have fascinated me
As a Mopar guy I always loved the ‘60 models inside and out. Glad to see it get some love here. My first car was a ‘66 Newport sedan. That toned down semicircular instrument cluster was so easy to read. Great car.
Everything looked so “heavy” back then, then came the mid 70s, garbage everywhere. Low compression motors with 1/3 rd the horsepower of those 1960s works of art.
The 1961 Chrysler is a beautiful work of art, just imagine driving one around Paris France wow!.🗼
I had a 61 300G with that set up. All the little needles glowed as well. They were individually wired. All accessory items, clock, teach, etc had that glowing needle. There was some sort of special little transformer up under the dash to provided separate current for this system. There were clear plastic light tubes that allowed all the a/C and the transmission functions to glow as well using a back light. Quite clever and thorough for the day.
Your car also came stock with a 413 crossram dual 4 barrel carburetors.
Am I correct?
I had a 62 Newport and loved the electroluminescent dash.
Interesting note was that the parking brake was a small brake drum unit on the driveshaft!
Loved the video, please keep them coming.
Your '62 had a park function did it not? I know the B bodies did, and likely A bodies as well. Adam (in the video) said there wasn't.
@@UberLummox It did not have a park function. Neutral and the emergency brake was it.
@@johnquinn7643 Ok wow, strange!
@@UberLummox Probably saved Chrysler a sufficient amount of $$$!!!
@@johnquinn7643 Ha! Never thought of it like that, but you're probably right. Though ChryCo. did finally switch their Chrysler models to have 'park' in '63. I wonder if A bodies (Valiant & Lancer) had park in '62, as well as Imperial like the '62 B bodies did.
When I was a kid we had a 1960 Plymouth Belvedere. Loved the dash. The speedometer floated above the dash and speed was indicated by rising bars of light, a column for 0,10,20,30,40, etc.
years and years ago, i got to drive a '60 Windsor convertible down the pacific coast from WA to CA...a very memorable trip in many ways, but that futuristic juke box dashboard was amazing...the quality of material and the detailing was beautiful...plus it was just fun to look at.
another, not quite as spacy, but still futuristic mopar dash is the '66-67 charger luminescent cluster, similar blue-green lighting to this 60-62 Chrysler.
I will take any forward look mopar, but a 60-61 letter car with that crazy cross-ram would be a dream for me
Virgil Exner certainly crested some over the top designs!!! Thanks Adam for sharing another exciting video!!! 👍👍🎃
This channel is very educational. I have never seen a dash like that and thought the video was informative but thought I would never see one in real life. Yesterday there was a little cruise-in in my little town and guess what...a Chrysler 300 with one of these instrument panels was there and I knew more of what I was looking at. Got to talk to the owner and mentioned this video to him.
My grandparents had a 62 saratoga and man does this bring back memories.A like for you.
I owned a 62 Newport with this dash-it is the coolest dash I have ever seen. The electroluminescent lighting didn't work on my Newport for a year or so after I bought it then one night while driving it popped on! My jaw dropped as the coolness factor was exponentially increased LOL. The car was a 383 equipped 4 door (rusty) daily driver that I bought used & had several different color doors on it. If I ever hit lottery I will buy another car that has this dash....I have a 64 Imperial now....
New fan of your channel here, I love the classic cars you explore and even more, your terrific commentary and the fascinating history you provide. I appreciate that the visuals are accompanied by your mellow sonorous voice. Cheers~
Thanks and welcome
Yes his voice and the marvelous use of unusual adjectives to describe these wonderful cars!
That luminescent instrument panel was so awesome!...Many years ago, I pulled up behind an early 60s Chrysler...it was a very dark night, and that blue-green was radiating light through most of the interior of that car, and even casting a spooky light on the pavement!..Ever since, I have wondered just how/what that type dash lighting entailed. I loved the adventurous spirit of Chrysler engineering, even if my parents, back in the day, did not!
Have always loved Chrysler's styling! They were 1st in many things and good quality! I have a '49 Chrysler Royal. Good cars, Walter.⚠️
Love those early spaceage sci-fi looking early 60s Chryslers
This has always been my absolute favorite dash / instrument panel of any car. As well as the 1962 (my birth year) exterior. I love how the fins were lost on the rear end yet they retained the canted headlights up front. In addition to the swivel bucket seat and the 1962 Chrysler 300 is my all time favorite car. It’s a luxurious hot rod.
Bring back the beautiful interiors and designs of yesteryear!!!
This is an excellent analysis of the styling evolution of these instrument panels and it explains how Chrysler evolved their styling of these iconic panels. My friend's mom had a 1965 Chrysler New Yorker with the round cluster but I didn't connect the styling there with the 1961 Saratoga my aunt had.
I loved that instrument cluster, actually, the entire dash. At one time back about 72, I owned a 62 New Yorker, so I’m very familiar with it, it was always a treat to turn the lights on after dark.
i think you should have added as an "honorable mention" the "luminescent" dash in the 1966-67 Dodge Chargers. Dodge made a point to discuss that dash in its sales literature of those cars. i am a mopar muscle car collector and was not familiar with the early 60's interiors of Chryslers. they were very interesting to see.
The 300 with the Astrodome...simply the most amazing dash!
My 62 New Yorker has the Astrodome dash and all the lighting functions as new. Very unique to see at night. The center includes the red colored parking brake indicator which is quite important due to there being no "park" position built into the transmission.
I’ve always been fascinated by this instrument cluster, and when the occasional 300 shows up at our local classics shows, I take more dash photos of the AstraDome than any other models. By the way, I’d never seen the cluster illuminated until this vid. Thanks!
Did you know that there is a inverter that creates 200 volts just to light the cluster.
Interesting!
@@gryfandjane Yup
1:23. I fully agree with that statement. The most beautiful cluster in automotive history.
I totally agree. What a difference to the current used displays.
These controlls are definitivly peaces of Art. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
Very nice for that time.
Thanks! The "DOME" was a great example of imaginative styling. An image early in the presentation caught my eye and is a subject begging for a video, "Hardtop Wagons". Two and four door Mercurys, the Buick Caballero with its Olds sibling from the 50s and the Dodge and Chrysler versions which persisted into the 60s. Thanks again!
Good idea!
Those wagons are seldom seen. I had a 61 Newport wagon in the late sixties. Was a really great reliable car.
The 1960 Chryslers' were the most fantastically beautiful mid century cars. Inside and out. The Astra Dome instrument panel was perfect. Meet George Jetson!
Can’t agree more!
Looks like something out of an American science fiction magazine. Cheered me up. 😊
my favorite! when i was young, my dad worked for a chrysler supplier. they had one of these dashboards displayed in their lobby.
When I was a kid, a relative owned a '61 Chrysler with the Astro Dome cluster. My dad thought it was weird. I thought it was cool.
I wonder how much time you spend organizing your videos? And all for us to sit back and enjoy content that even just a few years ago did not exist. So interesting and enlightening
The OCD is strong in this one. Much to our benefit.
It's amazing how the ad revenue motivates a creator. When you enjoy producing a topic that others enjoy then its a win win@!
My first car was a 1960 Chrysler Saratoga. Loved that dash and car!
I had a 1962 Saratoga 4 door hardtop. I think it was a Canada only model. Side moldings same as U S Newport and real bumper trim like a New Yorker. I loved the astradome instrument panel. It was one of the most reliable cars I have owned.
Maybe 20 years ago, Hemmings Classic Car magazine ran a fascinating article about restoring these instruments. There are no lightbulbs in that cluster, it's all done with electroluminescence. The numbers and needles have a metallic coating on them and a high voltage is applied that causes them to glow. The whole thing is of course analog and connected with tiny wires to each of the gauges in the dome. When they age, the coating can crack, and that would cause only half of a needle to illuminate, among other issues. At 4:25, you can see the Amp gauge is dark, likely caused by a break in a small wire or coated path connecting it to the high-voltage power supply. Apparently, repairing the high voltage power supply module can be a difficult task along with mixing the luminescent coating to match the colors exactly... it's amazing nevertheless.
J C Auto does a full restoration on these.
The wire that feeds the voltage to the indicator needle is between the size of a human hair...and a horse hair. Need to take extreme care when repairing these guages.
My parents purchased a new 62 Chrysler Newport 4 door hardtop in late 1961, receiving it in early 1962. White with a blue interior. But that dashboard -- WOW! Best sounding radio I had ever heard in a car, too. It was still a tube type radio. One night the instrument lighting just went out, except for the pushbuttons and ignition switch (those had light bulbs). My dad stopped somewhere to 'have the bulbs replaced', but of course, the guy couldn't find them, since there weren't any. Years later, they just as mysteriously, started working, but for only one night, before going out forever. It eventually went to Mopar heaven after engine failure and general neglect. The Astro Dome in that car actually inspired one of the kids across the street to become an airline pilot. He just retired from that job in the past year. He already misses it.
@Eric Ruud Probably exactly what happened. If my dad had just taken it to the dealer they could have had it working in no time.
My uncle had an Imperial from that era and I distinctly remember the astrodome instrument panel. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
Well done Adam. The 1961 New Yorker was my favorite parts chasing car in my first automotive job.
First car was a 1961 Chrysler Windsor with the Astrodome panel....I agree that is was very beautiful
Love those old Chryslers styling...
Really nice. Wish our cars today had such creative design.
A personal favorite of mine was the dash of a 57 Stude Goldenhawk. Beautiful car all together but LOVED that dash. It looks simple but the amount of space covered in chrome was insane !!
That was a rather "Batchelor Father" type car if I recall from watching reruns of that. Certainly a car I might have owned had I been around in those days.
My Aunt Gladys is loving this from the grave. She loved her quirky Chryslers. I nick-named her Jane Jetson when I was about ten. Thanks so much for the entertainment, and education. One of my top 3 favorite channels!
These IP designs are quite fascinating, I"m glad you shared them. And as you mentioned near the end, the quality of materials and construction matched the adventurous design.
My aunt had one of these. I don’t think I Would have turned out a car nerd without this dash
Ever since I was a kid I have always been mesmerized by car interiors even more than the exteriors. I loved the old T-Birds with their consoles and bucket seats and thought having the window switches on the center console was mega cool. I also loved the shifters on the old Mercury Cougars that looked like the throttle control on a jet fighter.
I am not a fan of the all digital dashes we see now. I know they are a fad and have their place but they need to be throttled back down and reimagined with a mix of buttons, knobs and interesting shapes.
Same
Chrysler certainly did design some amazing vehicles during this time period....and many others. Thanks for another amazing and informative video.🇺🇸💕👍🇺🇸
Chrysler’s Electroluminescent (Panelescent) instrument panel lighting was standard on 60-62 Chrysler, 60-63 Imperial, 66-67 Dodge Charger. It unitized a panel coasted with a luminescent coating that would glow when high voltage was applied. A small module usually mounted inside on the firewall would take 12DC and convert it to 230-300 volts AC that would supply the luminescent panels that were mounted behind the speedometer and inside next to the push buttons for the transmission and the HVAC systems. The only drawback to this is the capacitors in the units would fail after decades of use. Very easy to replace the caps and have a working unit again. I had a 63 Imperial Crown Coupe back in the early 80’s and I had to repair mine. Beautiful looking instrument when it was lit up at night.
it's amazing that exner....was given the latitude ..to achieve what he did.... out side of the custom shop..autos like these are unlikely to ever be seen...again again
Thanks for the memory lane. Well done.
I remember going to my dad's auto garage at night, and turning on the parking lights, so I could admire the "Astrodome" dash. (as a kid)
Years ago I was an autoworker. UAW 2244. I never owned or worked on any of these 1960's Chrysler vehicles, but just looking at that instrument cluster gives me chills. I cannot imagine how difficult that was to install on the assembly line. It looks like every possible gauge is in one spot !! The wiring harness would be a pain to put in. Especially on a moving target. BTW, I noticed that some these vehicles have a speedometer that goes to 150 MPH. Did these cars go that fast ??!?
I like electroluminescent gauges to this very day, like those on many Lexus and the Mazda Millenia, and also I believe the 1995-2002 Lincoln Continental. Love seeing them lit up at night!
Awesome, Love the Forward Look cars.
I love those interiors.
For the most part, I concur with your assessment of the 1960-'62 Astrodome IP. It was stunning, but as you pointed out, instrument panels alone do not sell cars. Although it was far more conventional, the '63-'64 instrument panel has always reminded me of the 1955 DeSoto, minus the gullwing dip in the middle. Also, I've always loved the '63-'64 Chrysler styling. Good video!
My grandpa had a 62 saratoga with that style of dashboard.I wish i had it together enough to take photo of that dash.
Great Video, would love to see more of these late 50's early 60's interiors.
The electroluminescent instrument lighting is second to none
We had the 62 Newport wagon. A huge upgrade from the 56 Dodge Sierra wagon it replaced. We thought the instrument panel was SO futuristic.
I am a big fan of this series, from its earliest inception in 57-58. The dash is very beautiful I think, It is such a shame that all cars are practically cloned now.
1955 was the first 300
Super cool. Very underappreciated cars.
The late 50’s Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth are my favorites. Not so garish yet.
Love the "astro dome" styling.
Didn't consider Chryslers much back in the day, for a few reasons.
Mainly that my family had GM and Ford cars, and that is what I was used to.
Also, I was a kid. 🤷🏼♂️
XMas in October! Thank you, thank you!
Just beautiful.
Thank you, clear effort, excellent explanation, and great work. Thank you
Oh yeah I have a friend with that exact car and it’s super clean in red and I always am in awe of that 300s interior seat coming out and all the other features
Thank you, Adam, for featuring these fascinating instrument panels/dashboards! I have always wished for a nice book or video on the subject.
An unattractive dash is a deal breaker for me! After all, the interior is what I see most! Of cars I’ve owned, my favorite dash was in a 1965 Buick LeSabre. Gauges, speedometer were in two large, circular housings positioned surprisingly low on the dash, but also very easy to see!
Some other great dashes I recall are ‘59 Olds 88, ‘61 Olds 98… and many others of my youth in late 50’s and early 60’s! Please bring us more instrument panel videos!
The 1972 Riviera and the 1965 Ford Thunderbird were also pretty wild, IMHO
I love your channel and look forward to each new video. You feature the cars that I loved. I never cared much about muscle cars and Mustang’s. So many of those are around. Compare that to your 1971 Mercury Marquis!
An uncle had a '60 Windsor that I used to take my first drivers test, which I failed because my right rear tire jump the curb on a sharp right hand turn. The car was Taracota colored like the station wagon you have in this video. It was even decked out with the toilet bowl trunk lid. It was a beautiful car.
Back in the '50's and '60's, we all eagerly awaited the release of the new car models and we actually watched the informative television commercials about the new features.
The arrival of the 60s was a much awaited event as you can witness in the massive changes in styling. Unlike today...where nearly all cars look nearly alike and are quite tiring.
Another triumph of a clip. I don't remember ever seeing the "astro dome" but it definitely is lit.
Has anyone ever seen a 1961, 1962, 1963, or 1964 Chrysler Newport with the 380 horsepower, 413 cubic inch engine, with the 2x4 barrel carburettors? This was the top of the line engine option found as a matter of course in the 300 letter series of those same model years, however it is quite notable that this same engine was available in the Newport, paired with Torque flight transmission.
Excellent video
There you go ... Way back in the last century, our high-school crew had a guy who drove one of these . Sure, it had cool tail fins , but that Bubble Dash stole the show ! Still , i never noticed All The Things i never noticed .
Glad you covered this dashboard 👍