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The layout of the instrument panel is fairly standard for a PIII. The key hanging in the glove compartment is for the lock on the fuel filler cap. Don't lose it. The lock is not standard, but probably fitted at some time when fuel was difficult to obtain.
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This Smiths clock is not standard, but is a marine clock that Scott-Paine had fitted by Gurney Nutting during the body build. It keeps good time. The small face at the bottom is a timer. You can see at a glance how long the trip has taken so far, for example. For some long lost reason, I didn't have the dial re-painted when the other instruments were (by Stan Scantlin, of course).
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I often take pictures of the speedo when its odometer reaches a palindrome. This one tops them all. I had to take the picture while driving. It was a very straight road with no traffic around, but don't do that. 27 June 2012, on the way to the RROC Annual in Louisville, Kentucky. The radio dial is not original, but there was once a radio with a dial in that position. I should have decided to leave the evidence of the holes for the tuning knobs when I had the panel re finished.
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Ovid was sold through Jack Barclay in the early 1950's.
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The heater works well at blowing a gentle breath of warm air that has been heated by circulating engine coolant. A tap has to be turned in the cooling piping for it to work. Otherwise it would get very hot in the summertime.
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The near side doors lock with a key.
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The arm rest is there, but I never use it. Ovid has had front seat belts since the early 1970s.
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The bench front seat is adjustable by sliding it along the rails at either side. There is a catch in the middle (just visible) that keeps it in place.
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The far side doors lock from the inside. The front uses the small lever to move the lock into place.
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This arm rest can be more useful than that in the front, but I hardly ever use it.
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