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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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Default Re: Pics of My new shopping car!!!

Originally Posted by bluecoupe
I'll bet it looks like the mirror image of a left hand drive dashboard!
LOL....one would hope so blue coupe. But such is not always the case.
At least not back in the the day when the automotive market place wasn't such a "Global Market".
Case in point:
In 1969, 24 AMX's were shipped to Australia unassembled, and the company, "BMI" assembled them when they arrived. For some reason, they fabricated a different style dashboard design which was more like the dashboard that was currently in the full size Ambassadore.
Imagine a Camaro with an Impala dash.
Here's what a stock 1969 AMX dashboard looked like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19..._Green_umi.jpg
Here's the Aussie version.
http://www.amx-perience.com/1969AMIAMX.htm
So you can see, there was quite a bit of difference.
Since more than one aftermarket company was responsible for the steering wheel relocation program (then and now) it wasn't an exact science. For that reason alone I wouldn't be surprised if Terry's Eldorado would have a unique dashboard design.
 

Last edited by +fireamx; Feb 27, 2011 at 05:13 PM.
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