AT THE WHEEL - Solved by Otto Puzzell and Ehhxekt !

[Ray B.]

It's been done before, nevermind.
Twelve dashboards belonging to american cars. One point each.
I want the make and year. Don't bother with the model, it's usually the same dash on all.
Let's allow the rookies to have a go at it first.

[Otto Puzzell]

Very cool puzzle. 

[Ray B.]

It's only 4 days old, I know, but not a single guess. Whether rookies are getting scarce (they're so good they get promoted fast) whether they're busy elsewhere, whether...
Moved.

[Tifosi]

I think #9 is a 1962 Chrysler...


Dan

[Ray B.]

As for another group puzzle I proposed, I will only confirm the 100% correct guesses.
If you only have the make right for instance and I say "Make is correct, year wrong", or the opposite, another puzzler may try one year after another until he is lucky and rob you from the point.

Here, then, I don't confirm.

[Ray B.]

Rookies ain't good enough...
Experts ain't good enough...
Now whar about professionals?

[Otto Puzzell]

A couple of guesses:

#2 1957   Chrysler (Which I mistook for a 67 Mustang, at first - surprisingly similar design_
#5 1948 Imperial
#6 1955   Buick
#9 1960 Chrysler
#11 1956 Oldsmobile

[Ray B.]

A couple of guesses:

#2 1957   Chrysler (Which I mistook for a 67 Mustang, at first - surprisingly similar design_
#5 1948 Imperial
#6 1955   Buick
#9 1960 Chrysler
#11 1956 Oldsmobile

You're right about all except #5. The image might have been misleading. I'm adding a less cropped version.

[Otto Puzzell]

#1 ?
#2 1957   Chrysler
#3 1959 Ford
#4 ?
#5 is a 1942 Chrysler (beautiful plastics!)
#6 1955 Buick
#7 ?
#8 is a 1939 Pontiac
#9 1960 Chrysler
#10 ?
#11 1956 Oldsmobile

[Ray B.]

#1
#2 1957   Chrysler - Otto Puzzell
#3 1959 Ford - Otto Puzzell
#4 
#5 is a 1942 Chrysler (beautiful plastics!) - Otto Puzzell
#6 1955 Buick - Otto Puzzell
#7
#8 is a 1939 Pontiac - Otto Puzzell
#9 1960 Chrysler - Otto Puzzell
#10 1947 Buick - Otto Puzzell
#11 1956 Oldsmobile- Otto Puzzell
#12

[Otto Puzzell]

#1 ?
#2 1957   Chrysler
#3 1959 Ford
#4 ?
#5 is a 1942 Chrysler (beautiful plastics!)
#6 1955 Buick
#7 ?
#8 is a 1939 Pontiac
#9 1960 Chrysler
#10 1948 Buick
#11 1956 Oldsmobile

[Ray B.]

#10 is 1947 Buick Roadmaster or Super, and not 1948, but the difference is so slight (different color of radio buttons, different steering wheel) that I won't make no fuss about it. Here is a 1948 dash:

[Otto Puzzell]

Thank you - that's generous. It's sometimes hard when using a brochure illustration as a reference - they often stretched images, used creative lighting, etc...

Here's the '48 pic I formed my (slightly flawed) guess from...

(found on http://www.sunbeltcars.com)

[Ray B.]

So you can see: chromed radio buttons instead of plastic, and half-circle horn ring.

[Otto Puzzell]

Yep.

[Ray B.]

Five to go.

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes - I'm finding the remaining lot more difficult.

[@re]

I'm not trying my luck with this. I'm hopeless with the exterior design of older American cars, so when you give me pictures of the interior I run and hide.

[Ray B.]

I like them to stay long enough... but I don't like them to stay too long.
Time for some clues?

#1 1940 Cadillac - Otto Puzzell
#2 1957   Chrysler - Otto Puzzell
#3 1959 Ford - Otto Puzzell
#4    Doesn't it look very similar to another one?
#5 is a 1942 Chrysler (beautiful plastics!) - Otto Puzzell
#6 1955 Buick - Otto Puzzell
#7  Not a spaceship yet
#8 is a 1939 Pontiac - Otto Puzzell
#9 1960 Chrysler - Otto Puzzell
#10 1947 Buick - Otto Puzzell
#11 1956 Oldsmobile- Otto Puzzell
#12  What are coats of arms made for?

[Otto Puzzell]

#1  This, a Standard?

I had it pegged for a Caddy, but I'm trying to narrow it down...

[Ray B.]

Indeed, the Standard of the World. It shouldn't be too hard to narrow it down.

[Otto Puzzell]

1940 LaSalle?

[Ray B.]

Now you've got the year right. Only the year. Haven't I been clear enough?
Standard of the World

[Ray B.]

1940 Cadillac, in fact, and I understand your mistake: they had the same dashboard and steering wheel. I thought there was a difference because when I checked I found the LaSalle's with a radio where there were only chrome strips in my picture. But the radio seemed optional at the time, because I found a picture of a Cadillac with the radio at the same spot.
Search no more.

[Ray B.]

Some new clues just 6 replies above...