WQ59B Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Have this aftermarket thing on the dash of my '40 Ford 2-tonner. Sorry for the low-quality pics… Has a 3-point steel bracket screwed to the dash, the steel curved 'arm swivels & pivots, and the pic shows the aluminum clasp and the (broken) masonite board. It appears to be some sort of signboard the driver could pivot up to show thru the windshield. My truck was originally an oil tanker for Humble Oil. Has anyone seen one of these? Am I correct that it was a signboard of sorts? f so, what might it have been worded? Would appreciate any pics or illustrations showing such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 "FOR HIRE" maybe? "NO RIDERS" maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQ59B Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 I wouldn't think, originally being corporate-owned, that a 'for hire' or 'not for hire' would come up. Esp as a tanker, and esp being something that folded down out of sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 "FLAMMABLE"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Maybe it was as Kiser mentioned but for whether they had Kerosene or Fuel Oil on board. Maybe even something to write tickets on for fuel delivery even maybe it had a clip like a clip board for the days deliveries to go on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQ59B Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Seems far too narrow (about 3-in wide) for 'delivery tickets', but could be. Then again, why the capability to swing up, tailor made for display? 'Kerosene' / 'Fuel Oil', etc seems like a real possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Almost looks like the mechanical parts to a sun visor. Perhaps someone got creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily rag Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 All I can think of it is the remains of a clipboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captndan Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 We used signs like that in DC while making deliveries. Double parking, loading only, no parking were some of the places. Sometimes the cops would look the other way but usually not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQ59B Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Here's everything but the dash-mount piece. Piece at top is brass, allows 360-degree rotation when mounted to the dash-bracket. Curved steel arm would allow 360 rotation, but dash being there means more like 180-degree. Aluminum piece rotates 360 degrees… but if one were to try and display the 'back', it would be crossing the windshield split. Possible tho. Aluminum does measure exactly 3-in wide. Note that the aluminum is stapled thru the Masonite- not a fancy item. All the articulation to me also says 'universal' placard holder. I'm going to replace the Masonite and figure out something to put on it to 'say'. Maybe just a vehicle ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 19 hours ago, oily rag said: All I can think of it is the remains of a clipboard. " ... remains of a clipboard." That would be my guess. Could the thing be swiveled around such that it could be braced against the dash or something so that it could take the pressure produced by bearing down on a pen or pencil? Cheers, Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Maybe it was the first "Baby on board" sign, or " My kid was an honor roll student" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQ59B Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 2 hours ago, capngrog said: " ... remains of a clipboard." That would be my guess. Could the thing be swiveled around such that it could be braced against the dash or something so that it could take the pressure produced by bearing down on a pen or pencil? Not really. The dash in my truck & this era in general (1940) is very short- if the Masonite was -say- 8 inches long, about 6-in would be hanging off in mid-air, and it's only standard 1/8-in Masonite. I wouldn't see that lasting very long at all before flexing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WQ59B Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Follow-up. Disassembled, cut new Masonite 3" x 13", aged it a bit and reassembled & -installed. Pivots back/down against the dash smoothly. Will figure something to print up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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