Instrument panels (Dash boards)

[Brian Johns]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

This one has had the horn button hole, and the power plug blanked off. A factory mod. (not all carriers had horns)
Which particular carrier model did this originate from?

Lynn both the instrument panels in our MkI English mortar carriers have blanked off holes for trouble light socket and horn, also the glacial plates has no hole for a horn.

Brian

[Lynn Eades]

Brian, Thankyou for that. Who built your Mortar carriers? Do you think your dash panels are original to the carriers, and if so, we should be able to assume that this one also came from a British built mortar carrier.

Richard, The British Panel I have pictured here is of the same construction as you describe. I have no clue as to whether it is early British and Canadian, or that some British manufacturers made them differentlyfrom others. I suspect that the difficultly of working through a bunch of holes was worse than assembling or reparing a panel that had one large hole it, and by the time the Canadian Ford factory started building them, there was just one big rectangular hole. After sixty years parts have certainly moved around a bit, and why I have started this thread, is to gain a bit of clarity for those of us that are confused by the variations.
So to have other people post their findings, hopefully with pictures, will be great!

[Brian Johns]

Lynn
I think it is, one of my instrument panels is from Sentinel Wagon T80889, the other from another tub I have also by the same manufacturer, which I believe was a 3" Mortar Carrier. My Wolseley 3" Mortar Carrier unfortunately didn't have a instrument panel.

Brian

[Philliphastings]

Thankyou Lynn, Brian and Richard. Just looking through my carrier scrapbook I noted that I have more printed details about instrument panels than anything else about the carrier - no wonder it was so confusing.

I think I have it right in my mind now and will start to put the instruments together in due course.

I know that I can have a new one made but by any chance would anyone have an original Mk1 panel they would be willing to sell or trade for ?

Cheers

Phill

[Lynn Eades]

Stole this pic from Trademe. The guy selling it bought it in the U.K.
I've never seen or heard of a MkII in N.Z.

[Philliphastings]

you're just teasing Lynn...

Mind you is it was a Mk1 panel I might sign up to trade me and have a go at it.

Cheers

Phill

[eddy8men]

just want to say great thread guys, the finer details are rarely covered by publications and it's the little things that often need most explanation.

cheers

eddy