what know is what

Presuming this is a photo of an original Speedster dash layout, it used 3 ivory knobs on the dash like this:

http://www.diamondcars.de/1-8_Porsche_356A__Speedster_Diamond_Cars_03.jpg

What knob is what?

Are there any idiot lights?

Small knob on the far left is driving lights. Larger knob to its right is headlights. By process of elimination I think the rightmost knob is wipers. On my car that's the heater blower, but original didn't have those.

There are idiot lights for alternator/generator, oil pressure, and (I think) oil temp. I always get them confused as to which is which.

That must be a very late car; the dash is pretty much the same layout as the Convertible D which followed right after the Speedster.

Traditionally, the knobs would be (left to right) for the wipers, headlights, (then key switch/ ignition,) and hand throttle. When Porsche went to the three large gauges they dropped the idiot lights from the dash and included most of them in the combination gauge.

They also dropped the starter button. I don't see one in the pic, I guess that it really is a late model.

But nothing is ever absolute with the 356 since Porsche would accommodate all manner of changes to suit their customers just to move the cars. At this point in time they had only been making production 356s in any number for six or seven years and were trying hard to build a customer base in America.

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In RHD is it the same L to R layout, or is the same layout simply moved over - IE the key still in the centre

Also, for those cars closer to the German coast (and, therefore, subject to more fog) the left-most, smaller knob was for FOG lights, whilst the rest of Germany got Driving lights (for those longer, darker roads). Few cars had both, as THAT was considered to be too "British"......