History Please ID this gauge cluster.

Even though it says made by GMC on the backside i can,t find any examples in google images or anywhere else. Let's see what you can come up with.

 

Definitely Pontiac, around '41, give or take a year.

 

I never knew a '41 Pontiac that would do 150?

 

Kilometers per hour!

 

Here's a pic of a 48 Pontiac dash from some Pontiac site.

 

Thanks all, Arkie is on the ball, KPH.

 

I never thought of this before but it's funny that the speedo is in kilometers but the temp is in Fahrenheit and not Celsius.Has there ever been a temp gauge in Celsius that anyone can think of?

 

the temp guage is in the Netherlands, not Fahrenheit.......that's at least 450 km away....where is Celsius?

 

Photo of my 41 Pontiac dash. The one in the photo is a lot more like my old 48 Pontiac insturments except for speedo which appears to be Canadian.

 

Must be a Canadian pontiac cluster

 

No, it wouldn't be Canadian, we didn't have metric back then, but cars built in the USA and Canada for export to Europe had metric speedometers. There is a 49 Buick here that has metric speedometer and is right hand drive.

 

maybe Police Special?

 

It's a safe bet it is kilometers....100kph is 62.5 mph....so 150kph is about 94 mph

 

Do you want to sell it?

 

My 63 Belair tudor post car has a gauge that was in the place of the original clock that gave metric readings for oil pressure and water temperature. It was in the dash when I bought the car and looked like it was a factory installation. The prior owner didn't know where it came from. As the Belair was built in Atlanta originally and migrated to Canada. I got it from a seller in Canada. I'm sure it came from some Canadian vehicle. The Belair has since been sold. I sure would like to have one for my 63 Impala. Makes for a much neater installation then aftermarket gauges hanging below the dash.

Gary

 

1948 Pontiac

 

Curve Ball.........................I think this is circa 1957 or there about. Check out horn button..........

 

And besides making landing craft and military water craft, Higgins also got into the speed boat industry for a while...........check out these dashes in beautiful Higgins boats..........





You would think as popular as these gauges were back in the 40's and 50's you would see more of them in Hot Rods....




and looks like Century boats used same cluster on the 1947 Century "Sea Maid"