Re: [alfa] Re: Alfetta instrument placement

[Brian O'Kelley <brian_okelley@xxxxxxxxx>]

anyone driven a New mini-cooper?

if so, you will note the quite large and quite CENTRAL
speedo...

B

--- John Hertzman <johnhertzman@domain.elided> wrote:
> Joe Elliott very properly swats me down for
> overstating my argument on the
> Alfetta coupe tach location. Guess I should fold the
> tent a little earlier in
> the evening. The TZ1 certainly had a huge tach
> centered above the steering
> column. Don't have a good shot of the Stradale dash.
> The SZ, like most of the
> postwar cars, (and most post-Alfetta cars) had all
> instruments in a fairly
> tight cluster in front of the driver.
> 
> I do feel that the layout of the Alfetta coupe
> dashboard was rooted more in
> idiosyncratic styling than in functionality; some
> will undoubtedly disagree,
> but it would be hard to claim it was not a dead end,
> a one-time event which
> did not become an established part of Alfa's
> continuing best design
> traditions. Some of the prior contributions to this
> thread had claimed a
> strong rational and historic basis for the design
> ("It's the way that dash
> boards were laid out in the classic age of motoring,
> so that the pilot could
> concentrate on the critical engine performance data,
> and the
> co-pilot/navigator could see the speedometer for
> time/speed/distance
> calculations") and I got a bit carried away in
> looking at the way dashboards
> were actually laid out in the Alfas of the classic
> age, to me the 6C and 8C
> Jano cars. As always, YMMV, there is ample room for
> divergent personal
> opinions and preferences, and Joe deserves full
> credit for a critical read.
> 
> Enjoy yours,
> 
> John H.
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