History of the Day Night gas gauge.

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History of the Day Night gas gauge.

Post by Dropacent » Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:25 pm

Gas gauges made for the model T have always intrigued me. You can only imagine back then of young people, probably young men, playing in their simple shops trying to come up with the next big thing for model T. Some would be called Rube Goldberg contraptions. Some would be so simple in their design , they just had to be popular. There were many versions by different makers of the simple twisted rod that causes a float to rise up and down, thus showing the level of gas. I don’t think there was a simpler design than those made by the Columbus Co, in Columbus , Ohio , truly using the K.I.S.S. Principle. Shown here are the last of well over 100 reproduction gas gauges we have made over the last couple of years. I’ll be sending Brad Kirtner the very last one tomorrow. I’d probably call them fun projects, but that has been used well before. They truly were a fun project, though. Shown along side are two NOS gauges that were saved by Jay Buscio and Steven Sebaugh and sent on to me for my looking after. I’m pretty sure there are patents involved and an interesting company to look into. Some very small companies ended up huge and still in business just by starting successfully in the model T aftermarket business. If anyone has any free time and inclination, see what you can find out.
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