Swingin' Needles

Heres the hood ornament I scored to match the dash, then I sold the dash. Still have the hoodie, only one I've seen like it

 

Dude, you're KILLING ME!!! Neat stuff!

 

Boy, you think you know about all the cool **** you must own, and then...

Oh, Jeebus, why do you torment me so?

 

Rumor has it these are the headlights for an American Lafrance

 

Yes, yes they are. Now it's my turn to covet...

 

Sets of these have popped up on eBay a couple of times. I lust after 'em, but they always go for way more than I'm willing to bid. Vern from the choppers has a pair on his coupe.

 

I have seen the ebay ones. It looks like they still need a ton of work to get them together. They appear to be just rough castings and no marker light lens.

I wish I had a matching set. I would love another chrome one, I have been looking for a while now.

 

From one of our cars...

 

It's an MG P-type special from around 1936...that set is specific to track cars...Brooklands cars, Q-types, R-types, some J2s, etc. Way over on the left you can see an original gauge from a stock PB.



Pre-war Jaeger gauges are pretty cool. I believe we got these from a place called Vintage Restorations in Kent, GB...I could be wrong though.

This is from the post I did the other day about the Barn Finds exhibit...the panel on the Edsel Ford car...



I will see if I can lighten the hi-res and repost.

And from the boat post I did last summer:







Cris

 

Speedo and Tach were sold out of Bell Auto Parts in the 50's. Maring and Company in Los Angeles made these for the lake racers....Lucky