Anybody out there recognize this Dash Panel? I can't seem to crack the code on this one. The S-W Gauges are tiny - aprx 1 7/16" in diameter. There's a 100 mph Speedo / Fuel Gauge Combo in the center - perhaps the unique 100 to 212 range on the Temp Gauge will provide a clue. Overall it's 15 1/2" wide x 6 1/2" tall. I'm guessing 1930s(?) Thanks in advance !
https://sites.google.com/site/identifyinginstrumentpanels/home/clusters-1920s ...this might help in the future but no hits on this one though......but what a friggen cool resource...
Always good to double check...did Stewart Warner supply dash clusters to the Auto manufacturers of from 1905 to 1930s? Or...were they specifically aftermarket... There was a WW from 1914 to 18 so 1905 to 14 and 1919 to the early 30s are target years...
SW supplied clusters and gauges to carmakers, usually the smaller ones...but some of the big guys, too. Hudson used them. I'd guess 30s from the look of it. Sure can't find anything like it, though.
Thanks for your input... I don't think a lot of 100 mph speedos were in use during the teens & twenties - but I've been wrong many times before ! This is definitely a complete panel w/ the S-W gauges built to fit the very small & specific openings. I'm not sure what would've gone into that empty opening but I'd guess an ignition or light switch. I have never seen S-W gauges so small before - and the odd temp gauge range coupled w/ a 100 mph speedo really has me scratchin' my head. I haven't checked the truck dash panels of the 1930s too closely - perhaps it's from a commercial vehicle of that era.
This is quoted from an article... "It was only in 1912, nearly a decade into the feud, that A. P. Warner decided to adopt an “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” strategy, agreeing to merge with his nemesis and form a new entity, the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation." http://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/stewart-warner/ ...What is important to note about the above is Stewart and Warner were separate entities prior to so competitors so I think we can rule out prior to 1912 due to this fact alone...
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/early-stewart-warner-gauge-thread.1019310/ https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/stewart-warner-pictorial-timeline.668982/ ...I have searched these Threads and while there are no Instrument/Dash Clusters they may help date the gauges by the face design...
Ohttps://forums.aaca.org/topic/236217-instrument-cluster-early-30s/ This looks like the very same dash posted in 2014. They determined it was a 33 Nash.
I found another one where it was part of an automotive quiz. All three had the empty hole on the left. This is claimed to be where the ignition switch goes. It would be kind of funny if it’s the same panel that has been passed around.
@F&J said he had one but wasn't particularly fond of it... I guess if we search out some originals for sale that empty hole may show an installed detail...regardless thank you for bringing some closure to this tough...so many models back in the day... I also note the dash must have a large hole that the main body of that cluster passes through with the part with holes behind the dash with those attachments through the holes anchoring it...
Mystery Solved ! I had done online searches on Nash, Hudson, Studebaker (and many other makes...) but didn't find any images of this one. Thanks to you all...
One of the most attractive dashes of the '30s. Glad somebody identified it, but the cool thing about traditional hot rods is that you can go ahead and use a cool part even if you never know what it came from.
Okay Papa get it on the Hotrod now...100mph is good enough to lose your license so I think your good...
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