All are the flat- nonbeveled style
Scott
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Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [triumph_herald] Dash oddities
> In a message dated 4/28/2003 9:41:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
herald1200@comcast.net writes:
>
> > Having played with the wooden dashboard for my Herald yesterday, I went
and prepared a second one for use, and I notices something different about
it... The one which has been in use in my car has a single woodgrain across
the dash- by this I mean it is one continuous grain, unbroken except for
holes, etc. The sheet of veneer has not been cut. However, the one I
stripped, sanded, and recoated is "mirrored" i.e.: the woodgrain on either
side of the dash is a mirror image of the other half... There is a very thin
seam in the middle and it goes out from there, using consecutive cuts from
the same piece of wood, and veneered like an open book. I have this same
detail in the Jaguar... I wonder when they changed to this style, or if it
was a supplier issue. I have about 3 spare dashes....
>
> Scott, I've seen both styles, although I think I've probably seen more of
the "book-match" veneer styles with the center seam. I'm intrigued by the
one dash with the "Herald" badge, insofar as that would be very UNcommon on
most North American market cars, with the possible exception of a 948 with
the (rare on such cars) wood dash option.
>
> The other question that comes to my mind, though, is which of these dashes
is the "overlay" style (larger, beveled cutouts to fit over already mounted
switches and cable controls) -- seen through 1962 or maybe early 1963
production -- and which is the "flush" style (as you might expect, with
switches and cable controls mounted on the wood itself) -- seen from
sometime in 1963 and later? Both types of wood have the gauge(s) mounted
flush, btw.
>
> --Andy Mace
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