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Art & Inspiration The Mother Of all Dash/Gauge Threads!!!

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by JeffreyJames, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. aircoup
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    aircoup

    man love that button tuck
     
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  2. luckylou
    Joined: Jan 6, 2008
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    from canada

    Dash in my 42 chev pickup
     

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  3. The_DropOut
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    [​IMG]
    1962 Comet cluster installed in a 1962 Falcon Ranchero. Bolts right in, Looks way better.
     
  4. jamesd1502
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    from san diego

    Stock ImageUploadedByH.A.M.B.1401422981.918312.jpg


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  5. titus
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    Heres some pics of an edsel dash im putting in a customers A roadster

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  6. Bam.inc
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    Titus. very nice. Sure don't see a lot of edsel dashes around for parts, but great in a ford coupe.! Give us some updates of finished product.
     
  7. titus
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  8. Very cool, nice work Titus!
     
  9. btt ...this is one of my favorite threads on HAMB. I just realized I need to post a couple neat panels I bought on eBay, but have yet to take a photos of. Maybe tomorrow
     
  10. gatz
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    this '38 Zephyr from another current thread
    beautimous maximus

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    36 dash im about to mount in my A, cut out the original panel and replaced the gauges with a couple of real early 60's Smiths gauges out of an Austin..


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  12. 7-25-2013 6-50-15 AM.jpg 7-25-2013 6-49-55 AM.jpg Here is a dash I built for a '42 Willys pickup. Was out of necessity; had to have room behind dash for A/C, etc., but ended up making gauges easier for driver to see in really small cab.
     
  13. gatz
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    ^^^ nice work willy
     
  14. buford36
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    Here's mine- 49/50 Kaiser in a IMG_0604.JPG 31 Model A,. Tom...
     
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  15. Nice job, I had considered using one of them at one stage .


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  16. HotRodPunk
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    Here's my 53 ford dash in my boattail.
    Sent from my GT-I9505 using H.A.M.B. mobile app
     

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  17. StrickV8
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    Any ideas what this was originally from? Studebaker?
     

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  18. Elrod
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    Titus - That wrap around into the doors looks great! Good work.
     
  19. Took me a couple days but I just made it through this entire thread. Awesome- I loved it. Too bad so many pictures are blank or deleted.. Is that a format thing with the recent update and maybe they'll come back? hope so.
    thanks to all of you that posted pics and descriptions. I got some great ideas outta here.
     
  20. Gene Boul
    Joined: Feb 9, 2006
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    Gene Boul

    Hi...looking to add a two guage panel to my 38 coupe' (It's in a 50's style) Like the look of the Moon panel (from their website) but can't tell anything about it. How thick is it? do you like it? What size are the holes? Thanks g
     
  21. Three late '20's to early '30's instrument panels that would look nice in an early rod dash.

    1931 Essex
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    1929 Essex "Pine Cone" panel
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    unknown "flower" panel
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    1928 Chrysler panel I had restored and am using in my 1929 Model A cabriolet, previously posted, but recess areas since given more correct flat finish
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  22. Late 20's-early 30's MoPar panels are the BEST! My '34 Dodge panel;
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  23. titus
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    couple more gauge panels ive picked up.

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  24. falcongeorge
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    man, I want a std rotation, 5" 8000rpm jeager for my coupester SO BAD, but they are a small fortune!
     
  25. J'LO.217
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    Here's mine I did for my model a coupe 1101.jpg
     
  26. ago
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    Falcon, maybe take a standard tach and change the face. I have disassembled some cheap swap meet gauges, and kicking around changing the face artwork and needle color to suit my taste. I didn't follow thru how to do art work done (computer label printing ?) Me not too computer savy. I did disassemble a cheap VDO tach and put the guts in an old SW case.


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  27. falcongeorge
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    I was looking at a 5" white faced Jaeger for an MG-TD on ebay just last week, was thinking about doing just that, but I missed out on it. Eventually I'll snag one and re-face it. This is what I want in my T coupester.
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  28. Hotrodmyk
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    Falcon,
    Love the look of those tachs. snagged a mechanical later model out of I believe a MGB. Jaeger 6000rpm. 5" 2 - 1 tach. At Syracuse swap meet. Guy has very rusty tach and speedo, says $40, no $20, no $10. I buy them. clean them up, tach works. Someday I might change the face. Taking off the bezel was real easy. I check them with my lathe and a digital tachometer. When you see cheap mechanical tachs buy them and take apart, not complicated. then you learn something. Get some ideas on changing the face plate and number style to your liking. good luck.


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