Commercial dash boards

[MikeN]

I have an A40 pickup. I have also acquired various original old handbooks for different years. The books all show a drawing of  the dash board with what appears to be a wood grain effect. The dash board is of course a steel pressing.

So my question is; we’re these vehicles actually originally finished with the wood grain effect finish?

My trucks dash board is painted body colour and I’ve never actually seen another in real life up close.

[southernscouse]

Hi I have 1954 Devon van my dash looks original in that it’s rusty in places

The main dash is black but the instrument panel is a dark brown colour with no attempt at wood grain

have read your rebuild on the occ site you mention a tow bar any chance of more info

tried signing up to the occ but get no reply. Cheers tom

[MikeN]

Thanks for that Tom. Is your painted van black like the dashboard?

Regarding my tow bar. If you look on page 9 you can see some photos of it. It’s very simple. Just a 5 mm steel plate extension welded to the original truck rear bumper. Then drilled for the tow ball. I only tow a very light trailer and I don’t go very far when towing. It hasn’t fallen off yet.

Embarrassingly, when I first fitted it I made the extension plate too small so the ball was too high which meant I couldn’t get the spare wheel out.

[southernscouse]

My body work has been painted red but it has been brown at some time

thanks for the info on the tow bar will be making one in the summer cheers

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