Art & Inspiration The Mother Of all Dash/Gauge Threads!!!

.....the mother of all dash threads???...I thought this was it...http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=240890&highlight=dash


or maybe this one....http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241182&highlight=instrument+panels

 

looks like we just jumped the shark

 

My 32 Ford Roadster woodgrained dash, with Stewert Warner Wings gauges in a engine turned panel, and a Moon two gauge panel under the dash.
HemiDeuce.

 

Here's my built-in-'59 dash setup. The typical '50's instrument overkill. The idea was the more like a P-51 instrument panel the better. Using two water temp gages, one for each head on a flathead was the hot setup back then which gave you 10 instruments instead of the usual eight. That's also gen-u-wine "road warrior" patina on the door jamb from when it was my daily driver.



Here's the current setup on my '29 rpu, a copy of the Doane Spencer dash using eight SW Greenlines.

 

Im glad I found this thread, I was just having this conversation with my dad about the gauges in my A. I haven't decided on what I was doing, this was great inspiration!

 

my '36 dash is nice and plain....... or an imperial dash is good.

 

1932 Ford 3W dash ( both above )



1932 Ford roadster dash ...

As a side note ... I like for the gauges to match the sweep if possible



Not like this below set ... the amp gauge is not the style ... of the other two.



But I understand that most Speedometers do not have a sweep like the three gauges shown separately.

 

58 edsel + pleats

 

I just got this '37 Studebaker dash for my '30 Ford Sedan.

 

Dam..Im beginning to think that this is going to be the hardest part of my Build..no solid ideas yet, just a bunch of gauges laying around lookin' for a home.

keep em coming

 

here's the dash in my Hupmobile. I started with '47 Mercury dash.

 

'28 dash/tank with '55 F-100 instrument cluster...

 

The current dash in my Essex. Just like the 70's, bro! I plan to build a complete new dash for the truck next year in a more traditional style. The gauges are late 70's SW units.

 

51 Hudson Pacemaker

 

Thank you sir may I have another!!! BTT

 

These are the guages I'm planning to put into my '29 RPU. From what I've been told, they're supposedly from a '34 Huppmobile. NOS, and sweet as hell!

 

I sold this on ebay awhile back......
hupmobile opera coupe

such fine details

 

1957 Victress/hemi.

 

30 coupe

 

and then there are these
the minimalistic basics in my unfinished T

 

perhaps one of the Cheaters can post a pic of the guy in the c.c. that has all the WWII airplane guages in his dash?

really great stuff

Sorry I dont have a pic

 

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Some Original instrument clusters for inspiration.
There sure was a nice variety of shapes and sizes back then.
Not like all the boring plasticated crap we get now....














As found ^^^^



Nice Surprise! About a '27 or so..





I wonder what this came from, possibly British or European? Sort of art decoish but I have never seen this style of winged face plate in anything that I can recall?





At top is a 28 Hudson or Essex Dash lurking in the dark



This looks to be late 30's or 40's GM, "AC Delco"





Early 30's? Plymouth at right
Not sure what the face plate at left is, Would be ok in a ratrod




'33ish Plymouth




'34 or '35 Plymouth?



'35ish Hudson



Another style of Hudson, '35ish, Higher priced models got the cluster shown above




'34ish Plymouth??











'37 Stupidbaker cleaned up nicely and will find a home in my 41 Studebaker 1/2 ton





Misc Gauges for future projects











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Original 51 buick guages, and narrowed dash. in a 38 dodge roadster called the yorkster...ghost

 

well it's a little bit newer, but my piece i made to hold my oil pressure and volt gauge. I made it out of part of a bad nose gear assembly off of an airplane. nice aluminum plate to work with. made it on the 1923 bridgeport.
and my center console. yes it's altimeter, I have a lot of aircraft stuff in my car,so I had to install an altimeter. got the nice analog clock off of an airplane too. this piece was a cassette holder, i cut all that out,and made the aluminum plate and the other pieces. then leather wrapped it.

 

New dash on my track roadster:

 

Here's the dash my dad and I made for the 27 tub. We shaped it to fit the champion guage panel with SW wings guages.

 

1932 Studebaker with original SW curved glass gauges , in my '32..........Z.D.

 

Here are the gauges I will be using in my 53 Tin Woody project. I have included a couple of engine photos as well. I will be putting a T5 in it. Hopefully to be done by late summer.

 

Not sure what happened to the other pics. I have the Green Line 8k tach that will be column mounted.