Tom Burtch Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Anyone recognize this? It is about 15 inches long and 6 3/8 inches high. The glass lenses are slightly convex.The small gauges have 1 1/4 inch diameter faces and Stewart Warner script on the back.I'd like to know the original application and also what gauge would have been in the empty round openingThanks, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The empty hole I think it would be for the ignition switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I've looked at 100's of instrument panels since yesterday and so far I haven't found a single match.I beginning to wonder if it might be from a truck or bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Burtch Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Thanks for trying. I got this several years ago and don't know the history. It is a really nice art deco design which seems too stylish for a truck or bus.There is no depth behind the face plate in this section with the open hole, so it may not have been for a gauge at all. Maybe for an ignition switch or perhaps an opening for a dash light? I think I'll just clean it up and put it on display on my workshop wall for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Looks to be from a truck to me, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete K. Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Give Bob's Speedometer a call @ 800-592-9673 in Howell, Mi. They've been rebuilding gauges since 1929. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I looked over more instrument panels of the 30's today and found nothing. The frustrating thing is that search engines bring up so many worthless results. Searching truck dashes was even more difficult.I would agree that it is a dash from the 30's, perhaps mid 30's. Anything earlier had drum type speedometers and this has a dial type. Two other unique details are that the speedometer is oval and the gauges are S-W. That should narrow things down but so far no results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 You may want to search up to mid 1942. I have a hunch that the 542 may be a date code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Commodore Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Well, I think Mr. 28 Chrysler may be on to something. That font style sure looks like the type the military used during World War II. Although, I would think the liquid type gas gauge would be obsolete by 1942. Also I think that the engine connected to this dash had full pressure lubrication. Splash lubrication did not have 50 psi of pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 The same cluster was posted back in Feb. 2014. ....no id.http://forums.aaca.org/f170/speedometer-gauges-great-look-but-what-367819.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 unusual for the two clusters to show up in such a short time period and nobody can identify them. Wonder if they were found in locations that were near to eachother. Could be a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Burtch Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 I bought mine at a swap meet in Indianapolis IN about 15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Hard to believe the collective wits of this forum have been defeated! The fact that two of them were posted (indicating that the panel may not be all that rare), and the fact that the speedometer goes to 100 mph, which I believe is inconsistent with the styling (which looks earlier), leads me to think it was of a rather high-end, or possibly, foreign origin. Were any established foreign manufacturers users of the MPH designation, rather than KPH? The British? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Hard to believe the collective wits of this forum have been defeated! The fact that two of them were posted (indicating that the panel may not be all that rare), and the fact that the speedometer goes to 100 mph, which I believe is inconsistent with the styling (which looks earlier), leads me to think it was of a rather high-end, or possibly, foreign origin. Were any established foreign manufacturers users of the MPH designation, rather than KPH? The British? Or, maybe the speedo is meant to designate in KPH, which would be a more reasonable speed, in my opinion, given the styling of the panel. Art deco, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I was thinking is was foreign as well but since it has US made S-W gauges made me think otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Good point about Stewart Warmer. I do not know if they had any foreign subsidiaries, but I doubt it. I attach a photo which is of a Nash gauge panel, but which looks like it could have evolved from our mystery panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Burtch Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 I finally found the application for my gauge panel! 1933 Nash 6 cylinder. The left opening was for an ignition switch and the thoughts about the Nash appearance turned out to be right on. One more mystery solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) I missed the thread till now, but reading post one I knew it was 33 nash, as I have the 32 like posted....I always disliked the 33 dash lol edit, to get the full ugliness of that "new for 33 dash" you need to see the entire dashboard. It's grotesque with the center panel pushed outwards like a festering boil Edited March 25, 2016 by F&J (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I don't see where it's all that bad. 33 Nash Big Six 1120 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I think it is attractive. Are the two knobs below the dash Original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwatson Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Curti said: I think it is attractive. Are the two knobs below the dash Original? I haven't seen too many 1930's dashes I don't find attractive. What year/model was the first to shift gauges in front of the driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Especially nice windshield opening latch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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