Hot Rods Info Wanted on Ca. Deuce Ro.

I bought a Roadster that’s been a hot rod for a long time. It was bought by Richard Loe from Pasadena, as a body and frame, in the late ‘70’s out of Coursegold, Ca. He kept it like that until he sold it to Clay Slaughter in 2017. Clay built a period correct HiBoy that I just got from him. The body has a filled cowl vent, no handles and the deck seams are filled. It came with a very unique, stamped dashboard that was both metallic green and also beige at one time. The hardware is some very early form of nyloc nuts, maybe post WW II?
Any local guys remember this?


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No clue but here's a bump for you.

 

Thank you!

 

Looks like something out of a M151 military Jeep.

 

Looks like it could have been handmade in the 40's to be similar to an Auburn dashboard. The gauge holes look like 2 5/8 and the smaller 3 1/8 speedometer and tachometer. All Stewart Warner. And then the start switch panel mounted in the center below it. Definitely fits a 1932 Ford roadster cowl. Neat piece. That's my take.

 

Photos of it from it's earlier life (lives) would help those who know old Cali rods histories recognize it. That might at least help someone recognize it from the archives. That green looks like it might buff up to be 57 Pontiac Lime Fire green meaning that it may have been painted in the late 50's early 60's when that was a hot lick color.

 

Thanks, but I don't have any early photos, and have been through all the Montgomery books, and others featuring '40's / '50's rods. The dash and the colors are all I have to go on. I'll keep plugging away.