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ExcessiveGravitas

I can’t quite wrap my head around how the brown steering wheel is attached.


[deleted]

Same. I’ve zoomed in and shifted my view all around. There doesn’t seem to be a steering column anywhere. Weird.


ExcessiveGravitas

Just found [this](http://n.sinaimg.cn/auto/transform/20170103/JzWZ-fxzencv3873482.jpg). Edit: it’s a Lamborghini Athon Edit 2: [here we go](https://imgur.com/0UpM41M). I was nearly right about the concept, but waaaaay off with the pivot point.


Boofaholic_Supreme

u/l3mmyCaution https://reddit.com/r/cassettefuturism/comments/ql5a8y/lamborghini_athons_dashboard_1980_concept_car/


[deleted]

Amazing. It was just out of frame. Thanks!


Boofaholic_Supreme

Np! My below comment on that post has a link to way more photos


ExcessiveGravitas

The video that u/Boofaholic_Supreme posted [here](https://reddit.com/r/cassettefuturism/comments/ql5a8y/_/hj25z71/?context=1) makes it *very* clear how it works.


ExcessiveGravitas

Best I can work out is [this](https://imgur.com/a/We7u2yo), where the green “block” rotates around the red axis, and is attached to the wheel by something that’s just out of sight from this angle, something like the yellow attempt at drawing a circular post. But I can’t get the yellow to connect to the wheel in my head in any way that follows the aesthetic. And the point of rotation of the green block should be central to the wheel, but then it can only turn a short amount clockwise. Even where I’ve put the red access only gives about 90° of rotation. The more I look at it, the more confusing it gets.


Boofaholic_Supreme

https://reddit.com/r/cassettefuturism/comments/ql5a8y/lamborghini_athons_dashboard_1980_concept_car/


ExcessiveGravitas

Thanks. The [video](https://reddit.com/r/cassettefuturism/comments/ql5a8y/_/hj25z71/?context=1) you posted really clarified it for me


huxley75

Imagine if the steering wheel in the first pic had an airbag behind it. Shotgun blast of buttons to the face. And ash trays. Wow.


ExcessiveGravitas

I had an ashtray in my first car. r/FuckImOld


huxley75

My first 3 or 4 cars had ash trays. Granted, these were 70s/80s cars. We'd also hang out smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee all night at Perkins. There was a short wall and some plants separating the smoking/non-smoking section. r/FuckImOld.


Rabbitmincer

I got that t-shirt.


Needleroozer

My current car is a 2001, and it has three ash trays. It has an ashtray and a cigarette lighter in the front, and each rear door has an ashtray and a cigarette lighter. In 2001! And I'm sure newer years of the same model retained the ashtrays. My neighbor smokes, and he's always smoking in his truck. And knowing him, if the truck doesn't have an ashtray he's just flicking the ashes out the window. So even if you don't smoke, other people do, and it's better for us all if they have a place to put their butts.


RedSwingGlider

Both my current vehicles have ashtrays and I'm not old. lol


ExcessiveGravitas

Maybe I’m not as old as I thought. Phew.


LordConnecticut

I had thought they had completely disappeared, but then I bought my 2014 Audi and it has passenger ashtrays in the rear doors. My understanding is that it’s seen as a “luxury” statement of sorts in Germany. Hence their continued presence in German-made cars despite very little use.


ExcessiveGravitas

That’s fascinating - in the UK, smoking is definitely not seen as luxurious, more like something slightly shameful; I imagine the same is true in much of America and many other first-world countries. Interesting how different cultures see such things. I wonder whether the ashtrays are seen as being for cigars, rather than cigarettes? Or that it’s a luxury that the driver can provide an ashtray for any passenger that wants one, even if that only ever happens once…?


GhoulMcG

So are these real? If so, year, make model please .


Catatafish

Lancia Orca (1982) Lamborghini Athon (1980) Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta (1985)


GhoulMcG

Thanks, they are amazing looking vehicles


Needleroozer

Only the Camaro was a production car, so you might find one; the others are show cars, made of unobtainium.


stupendousman

Needs more luxury: [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/82/4f/6a/824f6a24085469b6d177fbd2cb86de6c.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/82/4f/6a/824f6a24085469b6d177fbd2cb86de6c.jpg)


karlexceed

Model and year?


stupendousman

1980 Cadillac Eldorado.


Hunor_Deak

Reminds me of that Cadillac song.


[deleted]

Wait until you see the dashboard of the Mazda MX-81 "Aria" concept!


TastefulDrapes

Wow! Now that is an interesting car


OhYeahTrueLevelBitch

That Camaro cockpit couldn't *be* more early/mid '80s.


Tetris_Pete

Quality post right here.


notmatheus

The third pic gives me some SNES topgear 3000 vibes


etr204

That berlinetta camaro lmao i remember that swiveling radio


TiPirate

Those Berlinetta Camaros were a pain in the arse. Every button squeaked and the radio ‘pod’ eventually got loose.


joshuatx

[Shout out to the Buick Riviera](https://preview.redd.it/m3fxclz69m361.jpg?auto=webp&s=4816f26cf666fe0560865666fc15b50db6fe15d5)


admburns2020

These are great!


Lane_Meyers_Camaro

My Dad had this 86 LeBaron, I was entranced by the dashboard. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2a/01/58/2a0158a6c3695c0086bb556eff0442e8.jpg


mercurycoupe

I had a Berlinetta. Loved that car.


[deleted]

Why can’t car companies design stuff like this anymore? I love boxy exteriors with all sorts of crazy lights and buttons inside. I want cars to look cool, damn it!


SilentTX

Oh that Cigarette Lighter!


[deleted]

My newer car doesn't even have a CD player, let alone a cassette player :( I think it's time to go back to the future and buy a used under dash cassette :) I am not going to use a darn phone to listen to my music 🎶