So confusing

Marshall V. Daut said:
Don't even get me started on "Model A" versus "A Model"!!! It seems that the term "A Model" is/was used more frequently in the South than elsewhere. Considering Ford called his new car a "Model A" in all advertising (besides "The New Ford"), how in the world did a large portion of the geographic United States manage to reverse the word order to "A Model"? :)
Marshall, Yankee Boy
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I always wondered why my father-in-law insists on calling my Model A an "A Model". He is from Arkansas. :p:p Now I know... :rolleyes:
 
tiger.1000 said:

Dash board, dash panel, dash assembly. Call it what you want but you're all wrong !!!!

The dash is EVERYTHING BETWEEN the two doors, below the windscreen and above the knees !

Shame on you !
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Uh,....it's called a "windshield". If it was a screen the wind would go right through it. :p
 
Scan from the April 1, 1932 Ford Body Parts List. (Maybe it was an April Fool's spoof!!):

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Ransom E. Olds knew the answer to this one in 1901 when he decided to design a car with a Curved Dash
 

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I agree with REO, but call (A) Dash panel and (B) instrument panel, or instrument cluster. A dash should go from one side to the other of a cars body and the instrument panel is found many different locations over the years, often in or near the Dash.
 
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