oceancrosser;
Worst of all were the ex-Air Canada things they tried to convert into a 2 crew cockpit (never flown that way to my knowledge) and scattered 2/3s of the FE panel around the pilots.
You are correct. I had originally posted that it was Douglas that tried this but I recall now years ago seeing some Canadian Pacific Airlines DC8s and their cockpits were completely different - F/O seat on regular instead of long rails, a proper Engineer's panel with all the systems at the back. On the Trans-Canada (later Air Canada) DC8s, except for fuel and electrical, the systems were mostly on the front, center panels if I recall. Cockpit standardization has come a long way, enhancing flight safety in doing so.