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

Mine

 

I have that same wheel hanging in my garage, its off a boat!. Mel

 

I designed this dash for my Model A. It has a certain old skool salt flat racer look and a nod to vintage aviation. The masive vintage 1930's speedometer is 6 1/2" in circumference, which is a focal point of the dash. Toggle switch guards, winged SW gauges, gauge bezels, jewel lights, and riveted aluminum trim finish off the dash.







Still not finished, but with Winter here I should make some progress.

 

Lets see how about 1 more 40 dash in something oh I,ll be original how about a 59 chev,......come on guys use some imagination!!! theres tons of cool dashs out there!

 

heres mine . not traditional but i like it

 

That is DIFFERENT, and well done. I love it.

 

This was in my OT 83 Mercury Brougham Marquis station wagon. I hated the intrument panel in it, so I did this. Never again will I attempt this as the guages were a pain to get to work. Apparently, after market gauges do not like modern cars.

 

What dash do YOU have in your rod/kustom? Didn't see any pictures...

 

This was custom made for a 1939/40 Chev panel

 

Thanks, "That Guy..." I really liked the `52 Chevy dash because -- once cut down -- the curve closely matched the curve of the `61 Impala wheel I was gonna use. And both wheel and dash lent themselves to two-toning.

This whole thread has been like porn ... I've been thru the whole things a couple of times now. And am having a `41 Pontiac cluster restored for my `28 roadster. Mebbe the best thread ever!!

 

39 Chevy. Dolphin Gauges

 

Clearly, I have neither skill nor imagination..



-Dave

 

I like this a lot.

 

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh68/greengalaxie
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Love the custom 130 speedo and 8000 k tach

 

Final treatment.
'31 Lincoln KB dash insert.
Late '40's SW 'pool cue' gauges.
Mid-'30's Alfa Romeo style painted background.

 

Mine

 

just repainted ,made gauge pods from pvc pipe. in 39 chevy.

 

my 41 stude dash

 

I like these two....

 

some really nice dashes

 

my 32 coupedeville dash with those old round glass gauges you find all the time .....

 

This impressive dash was at the Chopped Weekender in 2009 Newstead Australia.

Thanks for putting more ideas in our heads

VULTURES
Australia

 

On a thread this long it's easy to miss reposting some things, but here are a couple dashes I've got in process. The burgundy painted one is in a '36 Ford roadster, the primer one is slated for a '28 Ford roadster. Given how unusual they are I don't think they're duplicating anything.

 

...Always look great especially in 32's. Where did you pickup the rear view mirror looks a little different? How about a better picture of it???

 

Obviously not a deuce coupe.. Or a deuce of any kind. Caddy-O on here has an Olds dash in his Chevy truck. I snapped a couple pictures of it last year at the local cruise night.




And this is the '54 Chrysler cluster that will be going in my A. I'll rework another dashboard from a different make to fit the cluster in there and quite a bit more. When I'm at that fork in the road and I get it all mocked up and at least tacked in, I'll update you guys on it.

 

I passed on buying this and know have not buying regrets..........

 

mine. working on the 42 merc wheel and just sent the coloum the drop out for chrome.

 

I am putting a 55 mercury dash in my 51 mercury. As a matter of fact it is in already, but waiting on pics. We were able to keep the radio and the clock intact and reinstalled it in the dash. We are currently making the wrap around for the doors so it makes a good transition and flows with the car. I should have picts of the dash next week, and I will post them.

 

My '40, the interior will be finished in white rolled and pleated material. Thanks for all the great pics everyone..good thread.