OT - What is this instrument panel?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jeff V on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 09:44 pm:

Hello folks,
I've spent enough time to be frustrated looking at pictures of cars trying to identify this instrument panel, so I thought I'ld post it here. Somebody's bound to recognize it right off. Maybe. The speedometer is a Northeast Appl. Corp.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Matthew David Maiers on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 12:14 am:

i cant take a stab at what car it came from, but i can say with almost certainty its from the late 30's to 40's by the fact the oil pressure is so high, and that it has a temp sending unit.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Luke Dahlinger on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:05 am:

Looks like early Plymouth PA/PB to me.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:16 am:

I don't believe it is that late. Style would appear to be about 1928 to 1933. My 1929 REO years ago had an original temp gauge of that type, and several cars had them as early as 1926. Boyce (of Motometer fame) offered an accessory dash gauge by about 1926 also. As to the amp gauge, it appears to be a "modern" replacement. The red needle has not aged in a similar fashion to the rest of the gauges, nor is it of similar style. That style replacement gauge has been around at least since the '50s.
The "T" knob would be throttle. The missing knob on the other side would have been for the choke. Both cars and trucks of some marques used both throttle and choke knobs into the mid'30s. Some trucks used them well into the '50s.
That rather plain style of dash was common from about 1929 through 1932. I know I have seen Studebaker, Cadillac, and Nash among others. However, I do not recognize that one as any marque in particular.
By the mid'30s, almost all cars, and most trucks, had gone to the larger dial speedometers with a moving needle instead of a rotating drum.
One word of caution concerning my information. I am not an authority on '30s cars. I sold my 1929 REO over 35 years ago because I decided it was too modern for me.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By wayne tomlins on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 02:50 am:

That certainly looks to be the dash from a 1931 4 cylinder Plymouth, the model just before the PB.The type of speedo pins it to this era .
Plymouth were very good cars then & were the ones Henry had to better, not Chev.


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