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Yes, I've had military night-vision training and looked for things at night on the water and on land so and I appreciate that perspective. Sometimes we walk our (remote) farm in the dark and it's a different experience of night vision - not unlike your looking for objects on the water without benefit of shore lights.
You're also saying that backscatter of good headlights (and presumably the light from oncoming vehicles) vitiates the effect of dimming the dash lights. Add to that bright billboards. Sounds reasonable.
My race-car friend was driving in the 1960s-70s before the super-bright lights of today were available. But the light from oncoming cars was still a consideration.
And - news to me - the red-night-light theory is disputed http://stlplaces.com/night_vision_red_myth/
So, I see all of your points but I'll stick w/ my approach - for my own driving:
1) I really only need to know temp and (sometimes) speed so lights at the lowest setting are fine for me.
2) A lit-up dash is a distraction for me. So often I turn off the dash lights.
3) Most of my night driving is on state, county and township roads in SE OH. The risks are a) deer; b) pedestrians (usually drunks who have wrecked and are walking home to sober up). Driving lights help me see these objects. Dash lights are distraction - for me.
Your dash lights and gauge faces are great. But I wouldn't spend a minute or a penny doing something I had no functional use for.
Again, just talking preference. I differ from most of the folks here: 240s are work cars to me and I seem to wear one out every year or so.
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240s: 2 drivers and some parts cars
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