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I'm not sure if this is exactly a "Magic Eye" tube, but it sounds similar.

A friend of mine in high school had a beat-up old Rambler (or possibly Nash; I
don't remember the year but I'd guess about mid to late 50s).  The center
console had a large circular "tube" item around which were arrayed some archaic
controls.  Underneath it all was the legend "Weather Eye".  When I first saw
this I (being a naive teenager) asked, "whutinhell izzat?  Sum kinda tornado
warning device?" (This was in Jokelahoma.)

Actually, the console was the heater/defroster control unit.  The tube in the
middle showed perhaps fan speed (I'm not sure about this; maybe it could have
been some kind of thermostat indicator?).  The whole gizmo was real sci-fi
looking and could have come out of the control panel for Fireball XL-5.  Am I
nuts, or is this something like a "Magic Eye"?  Does anybody remember this car?

Incidentally, this car also had:
1.  one of those really neato push-button automatic transmissions
2.  a push-button starter that had to be activated AFTER you turned the key
3.  a rectangular steering wheel
4.  under the back seat, there was...uh, never mind


 
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