I've got this 35 36 Roadster / Open Car steel dash. It is not like others I have seen. - It's made out of galvanized steel. - 2 piece .... the lower edge is riveted in place - The glove box mount/lip is also riveted in place - Looks like they used a stretcher/shrinker to get the desires curves. - The features look identical to real ones. The punch out ash tray, glove box door, the lower edge attached lip reliefs, gauges, start ****on hole, etc. My questions are ??? 1. Is this an early 35 dash before Ford figured out how to make it of one piece ? 2. Is this an old reproduction ? Never heard of one before that is steel. 3. Is this a well made dash using real parts from another roadster ? 4. Must still have some value? Steel dashes go for $1k + Thanks for any feedback !
Looks like it was made by a guy with quite a bit of metalworking talent, but he just needed to learn to weld too. I'd guess the gauge mounting parts are salvaged from a regular closed car dash.
That could be ... but many parts of it are exactly like the one piece dash. For example, I don't how some one could punch a hole for the ash tray with tabs perfectly without welding. I was just curious if this was an early 'Ford' part.... Closed car dash is so different for so many reasons. I have one in my shop as well. I'm sure that was not the case with this .....
I've got a 36 roadster dash in my 31 roadster and it doesn't look anything like that on the backside. What are you going to do with that dash? They fit great in Model A roadsters
Thanks, that was the whole intent of the post.... looks like none I've seen and has anyone seen one like this before or is this a prototype from Ford or ??? I'm going to start by removing the rivets and welding it together. It will be of some value to someone who currently has a fibergl*** one or a great wall hanger filled with gauges .....
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