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Originally Posted by David Herbert
Surely the dash in the top right photo is just an early panel intended for the civilian style cluster fitted with an adapter plate to take the later instruments. I would guess that this is an Australian mod in the interests of standardisation when the civilian clusters became hard to source from the military supply chain.
As Grant says the 'standardised' round gauges come in many variations but at least they fit the holes ! Also reproductions of the more common ones (like for jeeps) are available.
David
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My understanding is that the type in the middle was adopted by the Australian Army by utilising a late-production GMC CCKW insert and standard military gauges, but I do not have any documented references for this view, or a date when this was implemented. It is reasonably common to find this insert fitted in early build "civilian dash" Chevs in Aust.
The 1st and 3rd pictures are the only type mentioned in the Chevrolet CMP parts manuals.