Emeritus
Someone DID preserve a Viscount 700 cockpit, albeit not for the reason you suggested. Take a drive north to Caloundra where the Queensland Air Museum have the nose section of VH-TVJ. However, I can't vouch for the state of preservation of the ergonomic cockpit layout as it passed through several owners before QAM got it in 1993. Currently it's a long way down a very long list of things to do.
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