Instrument panels (Dash boards)

[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!