dave_1940buick Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has any information about finding replacement plastics for the gauges and also the ashtray in the front. Any help or guidance is much appreciated! Thanks, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILIKECARS53 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Bob,s Automoblia in California has the gauge faces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I have a lot of information for you but I can't post right now. I will chime in later this evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Century Eight Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Skip Boyer had ashtray and lighter plastics a few years ago. He probably still has them. I got some at a National 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Sorry for the delay. I have posted links to two places in my "Me and My Buick" thread that deal with my rebuilding of the gauges. (click on arrow in upper right hand corner to get to the right post.) If you have the patience to poke around some more, you will find others. I started out thinking that I would have to use reproduction plastic. When I started, a full set was still being sold by Bob's, but I don't think they are available any more. I got a speedo face off of Ebay, and I bought one of the "bowtie" plastic pieces from Doug Seybold in Ohio (440-835-1193). I also started buying up used gauges on Ebay, which come up quite often, as well as NOS gauge heads for the charge indicator and temperature gauge, which were completely fried on my car. Once I got into the project, however, I found that the reproduction plastic parts that I had were a noticeably different color than the originals. They had a kind of greenish tinge instead of the creamy, ivory tone of the originals. So I ended up using the best original "bowtie" piece from my collection of parts. They do tend to yellow with age, but a little rubbing compound helps to get them looking good again. Then, at the last minute, I was super fortunate to find a NOS speedo face on Ebay for $35! So that's what worked for me. Good luck, and feel free to DM me if you have any questions that I might be able to help with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Also, Dave, this is an excellent thread that has a lot of great information about rebuilding '40 gauges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Fuel/Oil Pressure gauge on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125930294546 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Another thread about the two different fonts on the '40/'41 gauges: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Watch your speedometer. Yours is the 1940 speedometer which goes to 110 MPH and all of the replacements are for the 1941 - 1947 speedometers which look exactly the same but go to 120. And yours says "Bright Lights" on the bottom but the 1941-47 has the bright light indicator on the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 A good way to instantly increase the top speed of your car by 10 mph! Here's an NOS fuel gauge that I just found on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155703728568?hash=item2440aa59b8:g:mCgAAOSw4A9kzcJZ&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8Mm6vExtkoFkfCHFL9mDFEmNY8FvpcdabfX6XQU%2F3EJVpVcV%2FTZN5vnOPehwiKc0b6B47YatiPGuD5VP3r4cZdE0Htzsu4HQR6Ovn%2FUCzK66ZIAfPlHzzyPNV0iAymNEFti6wqUbyQpzmtVb6NFPeNnDPYo5StDftuab9Iu8TWGrXKZPFNh1hxxaX1BHDmBi35nb4fZ0oHYUUa2aulwwoh7uq4jj5nmwS9RyU%2FipGlA%2B94Wib4oMUCjuRkGBwo1HL7ukvtXDpQPozjzNd1NIC47OFicjIBoAoOzQq7Rg51whjYbKvpLe99ukAltT5lrdbg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBM1Kql97hi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Charge indicator gauge wrongly identified as being for a Pontiac. https://www.ebay.com/itm/165551167762?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D253008%26meid%3Dd1694cdffc7a44dcb07702b88373c269%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D9%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D155703728568%26itm%3D165551167762%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3%26brand%3DTacktick&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A165551167762d1694cdffc7a44dcb07702b88373c269|enc%3AAQAIAAABcPqB0EgCndAssfMWNy0AT0GytGzF9%2By0G%2BlcW69DgBK3Qlz4BjwJQqPkN4K8I7qz9GoVciN1QNWqyS8EeqYS8rZRsDvyvw34m3N%2FyJKokwCTIIc3RNym2SNW8ARudP72DyiwgIY0dfUnIr5%2BMZDTaospZnHP%2F%2BJGbQthzlmiA3U5HpBtUO7Ueys7kK0TYFwG8iklHpHr4fmx2kEQSkzJfq%2BdEeEkD2mVZ9qVgsZzQpRd%2B0%2FhkmRwdNBioo%2FFk08Z8CyxbVcqTDdyM5HIhA0i40iAZuJ3KIkU2Rec4xdaX4IYkSexATAQNrYECyQ9t1yJaF1Q2Ch03JU%2FAGqgVSlLEERrD%2BRNZVMw3uSDJN4IzVzw7D2BD0mQvRe01aS7Qj6dSWWS6sFYblBw8cGLaCni%2Beq5nOLkZ%2FCR8zF6t%2FdqAuONn2Yws8H3AAxPdoyp29%2FVcQb946E5R0eJNXVmSzKDbc9kuB9uQG2bHHj9gThLsKPk|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2047675 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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