I've got this 35 36 Roadster / Open Car steel dash. It is not like others I have seen. - It's made out of galvanized steel. - 2 piece .... the lower edge is riveted in place - The glove box mount/lip is also riveted in place - Looks like they used a stretcher/shrinker to get the desires curves. - The features look identical to real ones. The punch out ash tray, glove box door, the lower edge attached lip reliefs, gauges, start button hole, etc. My questions are ??? 1. Is this an early 35 dash before Ford figured out how to make it of one piece ? 2. Is this an old reproduction ? Never heard of one before that is steel. 3. Is this a well made dash using real parts from another roadster ? 4. Must still have some value? Steel dashes go for $1k + Thanks for any feedback !
Looks like it was made by a guy with quite a bit of metalworking talent, but he just needed to learn to weld too. I'd guess the gauge mounting parts are salvaged from a regular closed car dash.
That could be ... but many parts of it are exactly like the one piece dash. For example, I don't how some one could punch a hole for the ash tray with tabs perfectly without welding. I was just curious if this was an early 'Ford' part.... Closed car dash is so different for so many reasons. I have one in my shop as well. I'm sure that was not the case with this .....
I've got a 36 roadster dash in my 31 roadster and it doesn't look anything like that on the backside. What are you going to do with that dash? They fit great in Model A roadsters
Thanks, that was the whole intent of the post.... looks like none I've seen and has anyone seen one like this before or is this a prototype from Ford or ??? I'm going to start by removing the rivets and welding it together. It will be of some value to someone who currently has a fiberglass one or a great wall hanger filled with gauges .....
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