Landman Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Was the '25 dash body color, black or woodgrained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.White Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I think it was body colour. Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I've always seen them body color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyAus Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 My understanding is that the US assembled standard Dodges (at least up to 1925) were all black baked lacquer. Hence, the dashes would have been black. However, I'm not sure about the Special Roadsters and Special Tourers which were available in other colours, as were the Fisher Coaches which came in Blue. I suspect that all dashes were assembled off the vehicles for ease of production and that they would have remained in black lacquer. Any advance on these theories?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platt-deutsch Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 My 25 has black laquer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.White Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) An interesting question, Landman and one which has brought different answers. Unless you are intending to restore your car to concours condition, this, in my opinion, is a matter of personal choice. I would not want to paint my body colour dash black for the sake of originality but if the original appearance is important to you then that may be the way to go. Good luck. Ray. Edited December 10, 2017 by R.White (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landman Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) A friend is restoring this one. His dash had a very heavy handed grain applied to it. I was just checking for him. I loaned him my woodgraining kit and he very well might try to grain it properly. Edited December 10, 2017 by Landman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.White Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I concede that this sort of thing is entirely a matter of personal preference however I have never seen a DB this early with woodgrain finish to the dash. In my humble opinion, your friend is to be highly commended for keeping the car stock if that is how he intends to proceed. Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyAus Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Heavy handed?? Looks like someone with little imagination or skill took to it with a toothbrush. The overrun on the screws and instrument rims indicates that he didn't learn to colour within the lines in kindergarten. I'll stick to my guns and suggest that it should be black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landman Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/9/2017 at 8:41 PM, TonyAus said: My understanding is that the US assembled standard Dodges (at least up to 1925) were all black baked lacquer. Hence, the dashes would have been black. However, I'm not sure about the Special Roadsters and Special Tourers which were available in other colours, as were the Fisher Coaches which came in Blue. I suspect that all dashes were assembled off the vehicles for ease of production and that they would have remained in black lacquer. Any advance on these theories?? Here are two which are body colour, however, it doesn't mean they were born like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landman Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 He sent an email this morning saying that after some deliberation he will likely paint it black along with the garnish moldings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Look in the engineering changes manual the DBC has. Around this time the garnish moldings were changed to walnut grained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landman Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just for fun, here's the finished car along with a model of it I built for him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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