Dash plates

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi Dirk - nice looking plates, however not the same as used here in Oz.............

Hi Bob,

Good morning, the new dash plate set's are an exact copy from an orginal
Chevrolet CMP dash panel plate (toggle switch) set, including the difficult holes.

Your "our" Ford CMP dash plates, are different ! See the Canadian Ford page
on my website:

http://www.lwdparts.com/partscanada?...y=parcan&id=a&

Dirk

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Dirk - I've always been a bit confused on Switch Plates. On reflection and some reading I think this type of plate was only ever fitted to the Oz Ford CMPs. Our Chevrolets all had small individual switch plates. We also had the brass style of plate with the larger having four retaining bolts and not six as the silver ones. Do you have a picture of how and where these silver plates were mounted in a Chevrolet as both MB-C1 & MB-C2 Manuals only depict the small individual plates.
Bob

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi Dirk - I've always been a bit confused on Switch Plates. On reflection and some reading I think
this type of plate was only ever fitted to the Oz Ford CMPs. Our Chevrolets all had small individual
switch plates. We also had the brass style of plate with the larger having four retaining bolts and
not six as the silver ones. Do you have a picture of how and where these silver plates were mounted
in a Chevrolet as both MB-C1 & MB-C2 Manuals only depict the small individual plates.

Hi Bob,

What can I say, the nice Chevrolet CMP manuals (April 1942 - Sept.1943)
are to early for the light grey (silver) dash plates with the 6 holes.
The N.O.S. dash panel here below is a Chev one: part no. LV7/GM-5826341, late 1943 - late 1945.
The other 2 panel pics are from a C15A truck, w/o data plate, (stolen) !
More info / pics / drawings about dash details can you find in the several CMP
reference books etc. (after late 1943) !

Dirk

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

For giving me another couple of pieces of the continuing jig-saw puzzle of what varying manufacturing processes took place along with the era and the country.
Bob