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Old 14-01-12, 08:28
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Default What is this/these? (1)

I have a couple of these fuel gauges, looks like they have a light attached. The bezel is a light cream colour, wondering if anyone can identify it.

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Old 14-01-12, 08:39
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I have a few of these offset pins, wondering whether they ring a bell with anyone. They were with a batch of Chevrolet parts.



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Old 14-01-12, 08:42
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These are painted olive drab or khaki and are obviously door hinges, GM I think but what do they fit?





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Old 14-01-12, 13:43
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I have a few of these offset pins, wondering whether they ring a bell with anyone. They were with a batch of Chevrolet parts.
Keith .They sort of remind me of early king pins..but for what...???
Some one will know and I remember the offsets..but they are greasers..need a grease nipple on their bushing so some alinement adjuster..for sure.
HMmmmmm???
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The Hinges look very much like Lease/Lend Chev or GMC CCKW hard cab hinges (same thing). They would quite possibly also fit other model Chevs of the same period.

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Old 14-01-12, 20:50
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Thanks David, that's what I thought they may have been.

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The Hinges look very much like Lease/Lend Chev or GMC CCKW hard cab hinges (same thing). They would quite possibly also fit other model Chevs of the same period.

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Alex, I hadn't thought of kingpins - they do have a threaded hole for the grease nipple on the top.

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Old 15-01-12, 09:30
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Keith,

As David says the door hinges are 40's Chev. I have just checked one left over from my 1945 Chev ute and it is identical.

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Old 15-01-12, 10:41
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As David says the door hinges are 40's Chev. I have just checked one left over from my 1945 Chev ute and it is identical.

Lang
Thanks, Lang. If anyone needs some NOS ones (bit rusty here and there from storage, but at least your doors should close properly) I have some available.
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Old 15-01-12, 10:43
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Your hinge appears to have a part number below the center hole.
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Hi Keith - I think the fuel guage looks similar to an M3 General Grant ?

I recently gave one similar to the local museum for their M3

I would like to know for sure as I have another in my miscellaneous bits box...

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Default Stewart Warner Gauges

Hi Keith,

What Phill said.

Basically I use the rule of thumb that any Stewart Warner convex glass gauges may be Grant. The Grant had 2 x fuel gauges set into a box jutting forward off the engine bulkhead in the fighting compartment.

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Old 21-01-12, 07:42
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Basically I use the rule of thumb that any Stewart Warner convex glass gauges may be Grant. The Grant had 2 x fuel gauges set into a box jutting forward off the engine bulkhead in the fighting compartment.
In that case, the bezel's "light cream colour" may actually be aged white, which would match the Grant's interior.

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Old 22-01-12, 02:09
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Default That sounds about right

Hanno sounds right. Also the gauges in the box face the right hand side of the hull.

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