History DASH PLAQUES FROM THE PAST

I have them all over the place but here are some! You asked for it.

Not a dash plaque , but!

 

Like many of you I have been involved with hot rods most of my life and have a box with dash plaques I have never taken out of the packet, I was looking for something in my night stand and found 3 in there, I'm not the most organized guy in the world and probably have them scattered all around the house. HRP

 

If I have it I am going to use it or it is gone. Just the way I am. Now my display cases are a mess but the stuff is in there even if you can't see it.

 

Only have the one on my old man's car.

It's from 1966 and getting pretty beat-stupid question-does anywhere restore such things?

I'll try and get a pic-dash in in storage while I work on the firewall.

 

I've never heard of a dash plaque being restored but anything is possible. HRP

 

Not for the dash exactly........
I have this one for the cargo area of my panel truck....... and I'm not afraid to use it.


"Nother one....... for the dash.
If you don't agree it's a "dash plaque" ........see the first plaque.

 

Not a dash plaque, but an event plaque.


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First one I got(have) is the 1st Car Craft Street Machine Nationals Memphis, Tenn. 1972. Still have it on the dash of my '55.

 

6th (1975) through the 19th (1988) shown, went every year for probably another 10 years just didn't get put on board.

 

I got to dig mine out and mount them behind glass or on a board, thanks for posting your plaques. HRP

 

I only have a few from my Grandfather who was pretty active in the PNW in the late 60s








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My only vintage "dash plaque", I was 17 when I got it..

 

An oldie. HRP

 

Don't forget the Alliance Plaques. HRP

 

Forgive me if the event is not HAMB friendly but a great number of the cars in attendance were pre ‘1965.
I was there in 1972 for the first event for post ‘48 cars. Here is some memorabilia from the event:
I removed the poster from a utility pole near the Mid South Fairgrounds.

 

I think the coolest dash plaques maybe the louvered ones from the Frog Follies.

 

I get these every year from "Ocean City Cruisin ". I more stashed somewhere. The quarter is for scale. I have lots of plaques from other shows scattered around somewhere...

 

Here a few from my father , he was in corvette clubs in N.California and Nevada


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Few more

 

In my 32 Coupe. NSRA 2nd annual Memphis 1971.

 

After seeing some real vintage dash plaques I feel like a piker but....this all I have. Not sure why I kept this stuff.

 

El Mirage and Bonneville timing tags...........1960-1962

 

I’ll say!
We stayed at a Holiday Inn, and the water in the pool was so hot you couldn’t get in it.
A couple of guys went and bought a 500 lb. block of ice and put it in the pool.
Didn’t work so well, it had melted by morning. Barely changed the water temp.
Why did I EVER move there?!!!

 

It wasn’t mine at the time, but it’s my race car now. After I got Ed’s race car from his family I asked them if I needed to return this record dash plaque. They told me no and that it had been in every #186 race car Ed ever raced since 1953! It’s really cool, everything is raised stamped that isn’t painted red! Red means Record!

 

Well that's a keeper Dean

 

I've kept it 59 years. I think I'll continue.

 

Luckily you had enough gauges... and dig the 8-Track!

 

From the Gary Cagle collection. You'll see Fritz Voights name on one of them. For some reason Fritz couldn't drive that day and my dad drove. There's an Otis McCurrie--my uncle. For some sad reason took his own life in about 1962. I have an El Mirage Trophy that he won at the same Meet as the Timing Tag
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I see Randy's car there!!

 

WOW!!!---What a great display!!!!!