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Old 09-20-2021, 11:38 AM   #30
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Default Re: Unusual extra side trim on 1956 Ford Fairlane Fordor Victoria.

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Originally Posted by Daves55Sedan View Post
It appears that Australia used a mirror image of the USA '55 Ford dashboard, but created their own cutout and instrument cluster for the RHD for several years after '55. Looks like they also used USA Mainline series dash bezels instead of the notched chrome dash bezels the '55 Customline/Fairlane series cars had. Very interesting.
Noticed also that the converted '56 USA dash doesn't have padding and they omitted the speaker grille, as well as having a custom arrangement for the PRNDL.
I don't think Autralia used the '55 Dash, USA '55 dash had the round radio and clock.



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