Unimog 435 dash indicator lamps, symbols, switches diagram

This one took a while to trace. I found this diagram in the owners manual for my U1300L, or 435. It explains what everything on the dash is for. The drawing seems pretty comprehensive so I imagine that no one Unimog actually has all of these lamps and switches. I know mine is missing a ton of this stuff. Well, missing isn’t really the right word. “Not spec’d with these features” is better.

The cool thing is that I now have all of the elements individually in vector.

I took a little liberty with the layout of the text. The original spacing and layout was awful and inconsistent. I tidied things up a bit while trying to keep it pretty close to original. One other issue was that the original photo of the page I was working from was very warped. Well, the page was curved because it was in a book. When I drew the dash, I made sure everything was spaced and sized correctly even though it didn’t line up perfectly with the photo.

I also had to go find other reference material for the VDO logo and the script at the bottom of the speedometer. It was just too small on the original to get a good representation.

Here is the original reference material. Notice how wavy the page is:

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