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#496238 - 03/21/08 10:29 PM '20s/'30s Mystery dash panel...Any ideas?
FLM Offline
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Registered: 09/11/06
Posts: 59
Loc: Los Angeles
I have no idea and seeing this place is riddled with some of the best experts...
Takes seven gauges so I figure big car in the '28-'34 range.
Then again, I could be WAY off. It is a very detailed piece. Have at it, fellas!

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#496346 - 03/22/08 12:10 PM Re: '20s/'30s Mystery dash panel...Any ideas? [Re: FLM]
Peter Gariepy Administrator Offline
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Registered: 08/30/02
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Loc: Tucson, AZ
Looks like an aftermarket piece?
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#496412 - 03/22/08 06:14 PM Re: '20s/'30s Mystery dash panel...Any ideas? [Re: Peter Gariepy]
Manuel Offline
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Registered: 02/16/02
Posts: 188
Loc: ACT Australia
Possibly for a hot rod.
Manuel in Oz

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#496494 - 03/23/08 12:49 AM Re: '20s/'30s Mystery dash panel...Any ideas? [Re: Manuel]
FLM Offline
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Registered: 09/11/06
Posts: 59
Loc: Los Angeles
Thanks guys but I don't think it's a hot rod piece. Been collecting old speed /hot rod parts for better part of 25 years and I have never seen the detail on anything I have come across before.
The face comes off and is sandwiched between the backing plate and the gauges. Here is a photo of the back side.
Sorry for the blurry photo but you can see it was made with some thought.



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#497023 - 03/25/08 10:37 AM Re: '20s/'30s Mystery dash panel...Any ideas? [Re: FLM]
mymolalla Offline
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Registered: 02/26/06
Posts: 97
I'm afraid I have to cast my vote in the aftermarket column. That design is very "faux deco" to me, and the light socket holders look post war. And that is a strange multi-gauge configuration for a big car,,, a single large speedo hole is very unusual, the big cars almost universally had two holes (for a clock) with that many accessory gauges.

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#498221 - 03/29/08 08:44 PM Re: '20s/'30s Mystery dash panel...Any ideas? [Re: mymolalla]
vintageride Offline
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Registered: 03/24/08
Posts: 15
Loc: Michigan
I do not have an ID for this. I would be careful though. I learned a hard lesson.

I sold a full set of instruments for an Auburn for $60 in the late seventies simply because we did not know what they fit. The buyer informed my dad and I AFTER he handed us the money and was carrying the instruments.

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#498238 - 03/29/08 09:33 PM Re: '20s/'30s Mystery dash panel...Any ideas? [Re: vintageride]
mymolalla Offline
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Registered: 02/26/06
Posts: 97
Originally Posted By: vintageride
I do not have an ID for this. I would be careful though. I learned a hard lesson.

I sold a full set of instruments for an Auburn for $60 in the late seventies simply because we did not know what they fit. The buyer informed my dad and I AFTER he handed us the money and was carrying the instruments.


At least at that time a set went for a couple hundred bucks. I passed on the full 1932 Auburn DASHBOARD with panel and guages at the Portland Swap meet ten years ago because I thought $550 was steep...

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