Picked this up at the Goodguys swap last weekend. Thought it was cool and might look good for my truck dash. Can anyone help ID this? It has a time guage on the tach, which would lead me to believe it came from an aircraft or boat. I'm thinking boat, but not sure. Any ideas?
i can't say for certain but that dash insert shape looks exactly like the shape of 1 i pulled from a '59 dodge PU.... check it out. even though yours has 2 more gauges than this one, the shape and gauge faces are near duplicates!
The speedo and tach are from a large truck, made by Stewart Warner. Probably later 50's to 60's. Look for some numbers ink stamped on the back.
Looks to be out of a truck. Speedo only goes to 80 mph. Tach to 4 grand, looks like air pressure gage bottom center. Photo enlarged center red light sign looks to say, low air pressure. So I would tend to agree with the Dodge truck theory
Those gauges are from one of the following: A Dodge or Fargo Power Giant truck (1955 - 1960), anywhere from a D-100 half-ton clear up to a D-800 HD truck (same cab, same cluster throughout, gauges varied) A Dodge or Fargo Town Wagon/Town Panel from 1955 - 1966. A Dodge medium-duty D-500 - D-800 from 1957 - 1974 These gauges (not the mounting plate) were also used in Dodge Sweptline trucks from 1961 - 1971, as well. The speedo and tach were labeled Stewart-Warner from Dodge from the factory. These were NOT aftermarket additions!
I think both Randomrodder and patrick66, together, nailed it. The air pressure gauge + low pressure warning light indicate AIR BRAKE system present in former vehicle. That means a medium duty commerical, or what we called a "Straight Truck", at the lightest (because a.b.'s aren't applicable under 26,001 lbs.). Thus, the best guess, from Patrick's list, would be a '57-'74 D-500 - D-800. 6narow
4hrs. Amazing! And it kinda even answers my wonderment of why my 70 D-200 has those gauges. But now raises Q of why my 69 doesn't? lol !
These gauges were optional in the Sweptline trucks from '61 - '71. I forgot to mention the C-series "swing fendered" trucks as R Pope said. These were used there, as well. Good catch! Notice the placard on the dash says "Low Oil OR Air Pressure", so this set of gauges would've been on a medium or HD truck. Without the air pressure gauge, the light would serve as a low oil pressure light, in addition to the oil gauge.
got a speedo cable if ya need one. i'm guessin it's still good. i can turn it by hand with no binding and the speedo it came from says 19,000 miles which i tend to believe since it was an old orchard truck that rarely left the farm! came on a '59 D100 with the 318 poly/4 speed combo.
I couldn't make out what the numbers on the bottom center gauge were. My best bet was that it was the air pressure gauge. My eyes weren't what they used to be.
I think I've got the input shaft for your 4-speed...was mated to a 330 Ford, though, so I don't know if it'll fit your engine. 6narow
Cables are very standard with few exceptions. 5/8s female thread on the cable speedo end ,7/8s female on the trans end. Fords 50s on ? used a slip in connection on the trans end. Most car light trucks had .104 square on the innner core ends.
nope.... sm420. gonna use a slushbox anyway and i wouldn't know where to bolt the damn thing onto it besides, if it's worn out with 19,000 miles then i dare say it was built worthless right from the factory!
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