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Anyone know what this is on the dash of my '31 sedan?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by PAtudorSedan, May 30, 2017.

  1. PAtudorSedan
    Joined: May 24, 2017
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    PAtudorSedan

    Hey guys, forgive my ignorance if this is something common or easily searched (or if I posted this in the wrong section ) but I'm having trouble figuring out what this is. It's a small tube mounted to the dash behind the wheel, slightly left of center, open on the end facing the outside of the car with a threaded cap towards the center of the car. I've looked at quite a few pictures of dashes from different year cars and can't seem to find one. I've tried the search function here but can't seem to find the correct wording to get results.

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  2. Ebbsspeed
    Joined: Nov 11, 2005
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    Ebbsspeed
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    Got a close-up picture you can post?
     
  3. PAtudorSedan
    Joined: May 24, 2017
    Posts: 9

    PAtudorSedan

    Sorry, this is the only one I have and it's zoomed in to see it. The car is at a friends, if I can get over there for a better picture I will.

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  4. Squablow
    Joined: Apr 26, 2005
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    Squablow
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    Pic is so far away it's hard to tell but it looks like a coin dispenser to me, like you'd use for a toll or something. Like you'd put a roll of nickels in there and they'd pop out on the one end, like the clicker ones car hops used to have. That's just a guess though.
     

  5. 1964countrysedan
    Joined: Apr 14, 2011
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    1964countrysedan
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    from Texas

    A place for matches or registration?

    Custom indeed.
     
  6. xpletiv
    Joined: Jul 9, 2008
    Posts: 938

    xpletiv
    Member
    from chiburbs

    Lifesavers, eveyone knows that was the choice of the road going youth back then...then came smokes and all hell broke loose.
    And smelled bad.

    What?
     
  7. PAtudorSedan
    Joined: May 24, 2017
    Posts: 9

    PAtudorSedan

    Coin holder is a possibility, I took the cap off and it looks like some time in the last 60 years some wasps that shared the barn with it decided to build a house inside, I'll inspect that better when I can. Seems too small for registration/papers but I thought that too, sorta like stash tubes on Harleys but one end is open. The open end has a screw on cap as well but it's reminiscent of a mason jar cap, just the rim not the flat center piece.

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  8. PAtudorSedan
    Joined: May 24, 2017
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    PAtudorSedan

    Well I guess now that you have me thinking about them if it's not either of those two things I have to track down some vintage lifesaver/lucky strike dispensers...I wonder if I could mount a Trojan dispenser behind the front seat...

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  9. PAtudorSedan
    Joined: May 24, 2017
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    PAtudorSedan

    Also the car has been in a barn since some time in the 50s so whatever it is, it's been there a while. According to the sticker in the door jamb it was last serviced at a shell station in April of '51.

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  10. f100jog
    Joined: Nov 30, 2006
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    f100jog
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    from canton, tx

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