1954 Hudson Hornet Dash and Steering wheel color

[MGL]

The pictures I've found on the internet are a little confusing. Are the dash and steering wheel the interior color or the body color? I've seen pictures that seem to indicate it could go either way. Is black a safe bet all around for the steering wheel?

[mike 51]

This might help you...http://www.oldcarbrochures.org/NA/Hudson/1954_Hudson/1954-Hudson-Full-Line-Brochure

[Art Anderson]

The pictures I've found on the internet are a little confusing. Are the dash and steering wheel the interior color or the body color? I've seen pictures that seem to indicate it could go either way. Is black a safe bet all around for the steering wheel?

I've been told that the dash color was determined, to sort of coordinate with the upholstery colors, the darker of the two colors used for upholstery.  They weren't an exact match, but did fit.  On the '54 Hudson Hornet my Dad had (and the car I really learned to drive in, took my driver's license driving exam in it too!), the car was white over dark red, the interior was light and medium grey, with a darker grey dash.  The steering wheel was an ivory shade of white molded plastic.

Art

[MGL]

This might help you...http://www.oldcarbrochures.org/NA/Hudson/1954_Hudson/1954-Hudson-Full-Line-Brochure

Mike, thank you, although those brochures don't answer this specific question the do a nice job of showing the fuel line routing to and from the fuel pump and the are cool to look at.

I've been told that the dash color was determined, to sort of coordinate with the upholstery colors, the darker of the two colors used for upholstery.  They weren't an exact match, but did fit.  On the '54 Hudson Hornet my Dad had (and the car I really learned to drive in, took my driver's license driving exam in it too!), the car was white over dark red, the interior was light and medium grey, with a darker grey dash.  The steering wheel was an ivory shade of white molded plastic.

Art

Art, thank you, I believe it was your story I read about the cross country trip in a Hudson with the family sleeping on the custom platform in the back seat? I think this will get me going in the right direction, I'm doing the interior in tan so I will do the dash the same and the steering wheel in white. 

 

[Art Anderson]

Mike, thank you, although those brochures don't answer this specific question the do a nice job of showing the fuel line routing to and from the fuel pump and the are cool to look at.

Art, thank you, I believe it was your story I read about the cross country trip in a Hudson with the family sleeping on the custom platform in the back seat? I think this will get me going in the right direction, I'm doing the interior in tan so I will do the dash the same and the steering wheel in white. 

 

Mark, according to Charlie Larkin (who reads these forums), tan was an optional color for '54 Hudson interiors, as the fabric portion of the upholstery, both on the seats, and on the doors as well.  For the "bolsters" of the seats (that large, flat looking panel at the top of the backs, fronts of the cushions, and wrapping  around the fronts of the seats, the tops and sides of the seat backs--that was a darer brown.  In the case of this color scheme, the entire dash would have been glossy brown, with of course, chromed accents--and I believe the steering wheel would have been an ivroy-white glossy color.

Art

[MGL]

Mark, according to Charlie Larkin (who reads these forums), tan was an optional color for '54 Hudson interiors, as the fabric portion of the upholstery, both on the seats, and on the doors as well.  For the "bolsters" of the seats (that large, flat looking panel at the top of the backs, fronts of the cushions, and wrapping  around the fronts of the seats, the tops and sides of the seat backs--that was a darer brown.  In the case of this color scheme, the entire dash would have been glossy brown, with of course, chromed accents--and I believe the steering wheel would have been an ivroy-white glossy color.

Art

Thanks again Art, after reading this some of the pictures I've seen now make since vs the color call outs in the instructions. They only mention the blue/medium blue, gray/medium gray, and tan options without the brown. I think if I was trying to build the 65 Satellite with the Hudson color codes in the instructions I would been able to figure it out.