Art & Inspiration The Mother Of all Dash/Gauge Threads!!!

I finally finished replacing my Chinese SunPro gauges with some old S/W Wings gauges. The look is much more pleasing to the eye.

 

I know this is a thread about gauges but

I'm finding it a bit of a challenge finding an ignition switch and headlight switch that I think fits my dash in my '27 T roadster- aesthetically

as posted earlier I'm using '38 Chevy truck gauges, I recently found a matching '35 Chevy car clock

I've got a few miscellaneous switches to choose from but none seem just right.. if you know what I mean.

what do you roadster guys use that aren't the typical aftermarket stuff?

here's a snap of the clock to keep this about gauges

 

Fleetside,
Now thats a much better looking dash panel, very cool.


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Here's the setup I'm running in the roadster - oil, water, and a tach in the stock panel. The gauges, though new, have the colors and font from a '40 panel:

 

This in my 32 Ford I built, I hope i didn't post it before.



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1953 Desoto dash in a Model A

 

...this is a dash and surround we did for a A Model all aluminium roadster we built last year

 

Not to shabby, how bout a '53 Desoto dash in a '53 Desoto?

 

my 32 roadster - nothing spectacular, but they work...

 

remember the tv show "knight rider"? well geuss what i'm doing, and it's going in my hot rod! it's gonna' blow minds!

 

A very spartan aluminum dash with an International Harvester speedometer in my T-bucket. Any ideas for modifying (painting, adding trim, etc.) are welcomed!

 

These look like bat wings!

 

Stewart Warner 8 in a row dash panel but not original gauges.....

 

Check out www.redlinegaugeworks.com they can customize or restore your original gauges to work with different engines and transmissions. Amp to voltmeter conversions and tach conversions are our specialty! We do all the work for Jay Leno, Roy Brizio, Hollywood Hotrods, Pure Vision and many more. Real high quality work and competitive prices.

 

I love this one

1930 Nash apparently

 

Going in my 32 pick up, just these three in the standard (enlarged!) holes.

 

^^^^Wow! Those are pretty!^^^^

 

Somebody may have already posted about this site. I stumbled upon it a couple nights ago. Its full of pics categorized into specific decades in alphabetical order. Check it out. http://sites.google.com/site/identifyinginstrumentpanels/home

 

I used this '25 Studebaker gauge cluster in a Model A roadster. The big size holes are only 3 inches so I used a 2 5/8 sw motor minder with a spacer and a Stewart barrel speedometer that came with the cluster.

 

Heres my 53 dodge pickup with a modified 51 ford car dash.







Justin

 

Fits^^^well in the cab.. Looks nice......

 

Please disregard the steering wheel... not part of the final plan

 

Took three different dash boards, cut them apart and put them together in my coupe..

The pieces...











Where it's at now in bare metal.

 

The ugly old...


Changes in the works...


Starting to modify stock '27 Essex dash to fit the finned insert better...

 

'53 Buick that is going in my '53 A.D.

 

I need some help I.D.-ing this gauge I picked it up at the showdown. No makers mark on the exterior that we could find. Most likely will be going in my 5 window whenever I get a body

 

Looks like a Stewart Warner made in April of 1938. What for? I don't know.

 

Try this site to identify it. John

http://sites.google.com/site/identifyinginstrumentpanels/home

 

I posted a link on the previous page yesterday to a cool site for helping id gauges and other dash stuff. According to them you have a 38 Plymouth gauge there. Hope this helps.