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

1950 Stude with a 55 dodge dash and VDO guages.

 

Sometimes, just restored stock just fits the car perfectly.

 

My '55 Chevy & '28 Ford project:

 

Here’s a couple I’ve done at work recently…first one for a ‘32 5-window, and innie filled then Studebaker gauges added. The second a ‘34 roadster dash, smoothed and glovebox filled, then a bunch of Stewart Warners added.

 

wow - this 34 roadster dash is just awesome - what a perfect "job", congratulations!!

 

well - nothing spectacular here, just an original 32 roadster dash. I hope it's ok to post it here and ask the gearheads out there for an advice: I don't want to cut up the dash and use the original gauges:
1. where would you put the additional gauges: 2x water temp, oil press and a tach
2. are there NICE gauge panels on the market for this (no cheap chrome stuff from far east...)
thank you very much and if this does not fit this thread, please remove

 

Heres a original steel 1932 Ford Euro dash panel.

 

Starting on mine....

 

Love the speedo.

 

My 27 Chrysler Roadster with early Chevy gauges and early military surplus switches for lights and accessories.

 

Nice dash! Those mid-1930's gauges are under appreciated & I could never understand why. They are quite good looking & inexpensive compared to the similar Stewart-Warner ones. Maybe because most of the speedometers were made by AC & the cable connections aren't all over the place like the Stewart-Warner ones? What is that gizmo on your column holding your tach?

 

Thank you.
The column is from a model T and the tach is mounted to the timing/throttle levers with a little bracket I made.

 

where did you get this additional panel for the temp and pressure gauge?

 

I picked it up at a swap meet, can't really remember which one or when.

I'm sure one of the Antique Ford parts sites have them for sale...Brattons, Macs, Vintage Ford, etc.

Here is one online vendor:
https://www.mikes-afordable.com/product/A6537D.html

 

They need heavier gloves across the pond.

 

Btt

 

Btt

 

You’ve got a bitchin 3 window, your forgiven

 

'46 Chevy cluster @rusty rocket is working on

 

Those are some seriously cool gauges. Mind to let us in on what they are from or is that super-secret?

 

They look like these Classic Instruments Nostalgia VT series five gauge set....

https://shop.classicinstruments.com/nt35shc

 

Sure do. I was unfamiliar with those. I put S-W wings gauges in Clarence a few years ago. Had I known about these, and if they were available back then, I might have used these.

I'll try to find a pic of how the S-W turned out.

 

GeeRam got it.
Classic Instruments Nostalgia VT series 5 set.

 

My Model T dash

 

It’s not a secret. We are building a patina 46 Chevy truck. Under hood,sheetmetal and interior will be nice but the body will be junky looking.

 

heck--you'll have to wear a straw hat just to drive it--wonderful!