Hi room, All of the 55 Imperials had the two tone dash combo unless someone ordered one special with a single color dash. This process was done weather the outside was one color or two tone. The ebay car is quite correct in this respect. Ken >From: "Don Nonnweiler" <dnonnwei@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: IML: georgeous 55 on ebay Dreamboat >Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:12:17 -0600 > >All 1955 Dases were two tone >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Dietz800@xxxxxxx> >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:15 PM >Subject: Re: IML: georgeous 55 on ebay Dreamboat > > > > Hi guys > > I have a 55 2door with a green {jade } roof and a white {platinum} >body. > > What I find so different is that this 55 ebay car has a two tone dash >board > > but a single color white on the body. > > My dash board and upholstery is half green and half white and matches >the > > rest of the car. I suspect the beautiful white coupe had a gold colored >roof > > originally. But the black inner fenders match the car on ebay , ditto >for >the > > master cylinder and vacuum booster. I think the under side of the hood >is > > padded it looks that way to me > > My AC compressor wont leave enough space between belts and hood >therefore > > Imperial manufacturing procedures eliminated this feature. I cant say >that >I > > miss that. > > A nice coat of matching white paint on the under side of the hood >created >a > > nice clean look of my engine compartment. Not original but clean. > > Sincerely Dieter > > Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2003 to all. > > > >