Need Pic of BD DLX ashtray please

[Lowdown Dirty Rat]

Sorry to awake a sleeping thread but..
Any clearer info on these changes?

FRONT

Barndoor - All years?

Splitscreen

REARS

pre -52

52-67?

and how do these fit into the picture?

cheers

[Lowdown Dirty Rat]

Very nearly brought what I and the seller believed was a barndoor deluxe cab ashtray, only to be informed that it's not as simple as 'the ones with the pointy corners'.

Apparently there is a very similar ashtray that was made for the Rometsch? A rarer car but apparently the majority of ashtrays that are thought of as barndoor. The only differents is there is a slight curve to the lower lip of the edges. Barndoors should be straight.
Anyone else know of this?

[RockStock]

So who has pics and/or more info on 51/early52 Barndoor Deluxe ashtrays?

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[Merlin]

[Capriacci]

[EverettB]

[Merlin]

Aah, thanks Everett.
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[Lowdown Dirty Rat]

My 51 deluxe has the same ashtray as in the 51 brochure.
The one pictured above must just be a taxi thing.

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[RockStock]

The one I posted is on a 52 dlx
Looks like there might have been one of two versions installed
Or a second version installed for a short period
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[Lowdown Dirty Rat]

Woops! sorry Chris. Got my ashtrays mixed up. The one from my 51 deluxe is this one;

As you predicted. So adds wait to the 51 theory.
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[RockStock]

[EmpiGT]

Is that the one from the classifieds last week? it doesn't look like it fits the dash correctly. I emailed on the one last week and the guy said his offers were up to $800 so I wasn't bidding any more on it. If that's it I'm glad I didn't. Looks like it's made for a rounded dash in both directions..

[Lazaa]

The one for sale last week was not for barndoor but was the curved one.
It is not only used on rometsch but also on some Mercedes I think, so is easier to find.

I bought the top area of one for 50€ but even a complete one is not as expensive as a barndoor one.
You can be happy not to have bought the one at 800+

[Bergepanzer]

Very interesting thread

One additional question - The rectangular hole in the dashboard which holds the ashtray: Is it the very same on BD DLX dashes as well as on 55-67 buses?

With a dashboard like this I hope you forgive me that I really need to ask that question ... everything is crispy and rotted away ... especially all metal close to the middle windscreen pillar

[52panelvan]

Hi, no the hole is a different size for the ashtray. The later 55 on ones are slight bigger and do not fit in a barndoor deluxe dash. On the dash itself on a later bus you also have a recess each side for the spring clips to pass through which is not there on a barndoor dash.
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[Bergepanzer]

Mark, that´s great. Thank you very much!

[Pi2]

Helle,

This one was in my Jan 52 Deluxe

[RockStock]

Nice.
Please take similar pictures of both rear/cargo area ashtrays.
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[Pi2]

[Lowdown Dirty Rat]

Nice. That's the 51 style ashtray. The mount is Deluxe dash only. The rear ashtray then slides in.
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