History Dash Plaque

Here's an interesting little piece I got a few months back.
Completely by accident and in fact, due to a screw-up by my pals who thought we were gonna do a 60 mile hot rod poker run.



We got to the local Order of Eagles community service club and found we were the only hot rods there.

The Eagles, to an extent, a biker club, but comprised of a bunch of really cool guys and gals who tell us it's really drinking club with a motorcycle problem.

The three hot rods, my 32 roadster, my pal's very nice 46 Ford sedan and a nice Datsun 240Z driven by a guy who also runs a T roadster.
Not a bucket, but a car with some really interesting touches.

So what the hell?
We paid the entry fee and followed some of the bikers out on the big loop around the western mountains, through Dolan Springs, south on Hwy 93, into Golden Valley and finally into Kingman, Arizona to the finish line and a great BBQ.

Where this little plaque came into play was, my pal with the 46 got to talking to this biker who gave him the little dash plaque since he had nowhere to display it on his Harley.
The biker told us it originally belonged to his dad and his mom had passed it on to him.

I'll pass it along when the time is right.

I commented on what a nice piece of history it was an my pal passed it on to me.
He knows I'm not averse to drilling holes in the 32 if it's for a good reason.

And, to top it off, Sweetie, a very outgoing girl got photographed with a bunch of bikers and the photographer worked for Biker mag.
Would not surprise me to see her pic in the mag.

The bike gang - and I hesitate to call them a gang, they're like us in that they like bikes like we like hot rods - enjoyed having us along for the run and we got a kick out of looking over some of the built Harleys.

Anyway, a close-up of the plaque which is a touch of history to say the least.

Note the number, entirely appropriate methinks....

 

As an old fart born in 1942, I'd give my left gonad for something like that.

 

That is very cool. Looks like it was supposed to mount in the center of the dash with the cut out for the steering column. 1942 has to be rare. Racing was stopped untill late 45 after the war. I can't imagine too many of those were issued. I think the UMA became the URA after the war. I've got these two tags that were issued to my Dad. Gotta' believe that 42 tag would really make some old guy with a pre war midget happy. How cool is it that it was issued to car # 32, and you've got it on a 32 roadster?!!

 

I just noticed, your 42 tag, and my 47 tag have the same car on them. I must have remembered correct. The UMA became the URA. Your tag is off a California car.

 

There have been a few of these kicking round.

Dean's right about 1942 racing. I bet they were stored away and were found in either the makers storage or an estate sale of a club official

Very nice plaque

I got a ton of racing plaques from the estate of a retired salesman that had them as samples for 50 years