Projects 28 sedan dash ?

so I've torn out the existing wooden home made dash/gauges out of my 28 tudor...of course the tank is long gone...any good suggestions for a new dash panel?...does a 32 panel fit these ?....I put a 32 in a 30 coupe...but no experience with a 28...any body out there have anything to sell?

 

I think Brookville makes a '32 panel that fits the 28-29. Bob

 

ok..I'll check with them..thanks Bob

 

I used a Brookville 32 type dash in a 29 sedan, good fit, looks good

 

There are a couple of threads on here with a lot of dash ideas. A lot of these guys have really thought outside the box. This is the dash in my Tudor sedan and I show it only as an example of doing something different. Do a search a look at some of the dash's in model A's I think it will stir your interest.

 

Thats very cool!!...I'm not sure how creative I'm gonna get on this car...most likely I will be selling it after I go thru it and get things tight..I love when guys put in dash's out of other cars...most times they look great...but I know it can be alot of work fitting them in....I sure do like the 40 ford steering wheel on yours...was that tough to adapt to a tilt column?

 

Thanks..will probably head in that direction..

 

In the past I have sought out guys parting out cars. Usually these cars are rust buckets, but the dashes are almost always usable. I once took a 58 Dodge dash, narrowed it and put it in a Model A. Using this approach you will likely have a "one off".

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Narrowed it meaning like you sectioned it?..shortened it?

 

Was it a car or truck dash...I looked those up...the car dash's are pretty big

 

Here is what I did for my '29. It is a glass body and came with a 29 style dash molded in. I cut it out then fabbed my own out of steel. I wanted something different and the gauge panel to be behind the wheel vs the dash center. The gauge cluster is made from an engine turned aluminum panel I made trimmed with extruded aluminum formed to fit. The glovebox door is from a vw bug.

 

I used a '39 ford dash, you get a glove box and can use the stock gauges. only had to cut about an inch or two off each end and weld it in.

 

Thats very cool..my sedan in the avatar is a 39..love those dash's!!...does it stick out a ways?..into the door opening that is..was there much fabrication besides the cutting?

 

I am doing the same on my 31 sedan. looking for the gauges any suggestions? the dash really looks good!

 

I cut down a 49 ford dash for my 29 tudor. Sold the body and used the dash in my 33 ford pickup.

 

34 and 35 Chevy dashes will fit pretty well without a whole lot of work.

 

Traded an early chebby dash with a buddy, the arch of the dash matches the '30 tudor dash "bar"...
this one didn't need trimming... it's 41" wide.... HIH...

 

My Model A has a fiberglass 32 style dash that fits perfectly on the dash rail and looks good in my opinion. I don't know the manufacturer of the dash, but it fits great. The original owner did a hack job on the original dash/gas tank, and didn't make a lower brace for the dash, thus I'm in the process of making a tubing support structure and cutting out the remaining part of the original dash and tank. But other than that, its a pretty straight forward install. Since this picture was taken, I've pulled the stickers off of it and repainted it with a PPG gloss black that I added some flattener to make it kinda a satin black.

 

just got a '40 dash from a hamber... haven't opened the box yet... i'm calling it desert...

 

Make sure you get the sedan version. An open car dash is longer than a closed car. Brookville makes both.

 

IMO... the reason guys used '40 dashes way back when was that the '40 is the first year for all electric gauges... 2 of the '39 gauges were upside down and still used the little tubes with fluid to run the gauge...
memory says that '51 - '52 truck speedo and gauge clusters will fit the hole and may be easier to find...

 

56 dodges look good , my friend has one in his 32