Technical ‘35 ‘36 Ford Dash Help

I picked up this dashboard at Hershey because it was super cheap. Anyway it’s obvious it was customized to fit a particular speedometer and gauge or gauges setup. Anybody have a guess? It’s just a wall hanging at the moment but I’d really like to know what the fella had in mind when he cut it up. The opening is roughly 18”x4.75” Thanks!

 

Looks like it was made for an 80"s aftermarket billet aluminum dash panel,

I think " Rodware" made one that shape

later kb

 

Yuck! I was hoping that wasn’t the case.

 

This is for a 53/54 Chev. May not be wide enough though.