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

Here's a picture of a cluster I built for a '38 Chevy coupe. I used an original housing, made a new faceplate and adapted Classic Instruments guages. Used LEDs for turn signal and Hi beam indicators.

 

Style dash I enjoy looking at. Need to put one that looks like this in my 32 truck.

 

Can't remember if I've already posted mine...'41 ford

 

This is the dash on The Raven . While we were restoring the car we had the advantage of Arthur Bentas (the builder) being there to watch over us. The dash panel is made of metal and with a satin finish but after sitting for 46 years it was looking shabby. It would have been a MAJOR job to disassemble the dash to get it out to refinish so my friend Frank painstakingly refinished it in-dash. He did a great job.

Arthur was about 85 at the time and he dutifully watched every move Frank was taken. He was real happy when it was done which was a good thing.

I should also note that Arthur totally refused to wear a paint mask. I tried to kick him out of the shop but he would not go. Fortunately I had the exhaust fans going full tilt and there was very little paint sprayed on the dash so the atomization was minimal.

Joe

 

1953 Desoto Gauges in a 1935 Ford Dash.

 

That looks great!!!

 

Thanks!! Took a couple of good friends to get it to this point but I'm super happy with it. Definitely the nicest thing on my 35 haha!!

 

Crazy Paint

Packard Plastic dash

My 39 Dash at the middle of video Burl Woodgrain not put together yet

 

We just put a 35/36 dash in my Dad's 34' delivery(never cared for the 34' dash). Were just throwing it together, but Your dash is making me jealous. Good vision with the choice of gauges...

 

great looking dash. even tho the flake green is a little wild for me.. i do have some Irish in me.. ) mom, sis , grandma redheads run for the hills man.. grandma, grandpa came over on the boat back in the day.. depression time i guess.. ).... so i dig the clovers. so many cool dashs.
chris.

 

Love my new dash but half of my beautiful SW gauges have stopped working. I've replaced both the speedo and tach once and both of them just quit again after 6 mos. I'm done with the new SW gauges. Pretty disgusted as they were not cheap. However, they sure look good!

 

Going in a stock 32 dash

 

Very Nice and it looks like a matching console also.

 

I think its a rare 32 Studebaker truck or COE cluster. I changed the air pressure gauge to a 10 psi fuel pressure gauge. The letters read sideways.

 

Modified `52 Chevy panel in a `30 Model A coupe. Stripes are by VonFranco

 

that is one nice looking setup!

 

'put a '38 Chevrolet panel and gauges in the '27 Roadster yesterday;

 

mine is about ready to install in my 27 roadster.

 

Slowly getting there.....

 

my old 40 sedan delivery dash. deliveries had pass car dashs. i wanted a flat dash. i cut this dash out of a pickup in a junk yard with hammer and chisle to put in my delivery.

 

when you paint your dash, paint the back side white. it helps you see when you have to work on it.

 

53 Ford with a 54 Ford dash

 

Very good tip!

 

great thread! could also be called the interior thread! preety cool ones thus far...lets keep it rollin' !!!

 

Just painted mine for the 40 pickup project.

The 12v gauge cluster will be the standard style but with a white face.

 

Exact duplicate of a 28 model a Ford dash, including the dash rail "nose". made with tiger stripe & book matched quilted walnut finish with 12 coats marine varnish.

 

I like this but I'm bias

 

Just picked up the dash, all new movements and OEM look. Amps to volts, higher water & oil as well as speedo. All new woodgraining and chrome.
419

 

[/IMG]Pic of my 34 Ply cluster a friend of mine built for me.

 

Another pic