1934 Gauge restoration

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1934Victoria

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Hi

I'm starting a restoration of my 1934 speedometer and wonder if anyone know what surface threatment Ford used on the dial face of the gauge. I have noticed that the 1933 have somewhat more yellow gauge dials than the 1934.

Regards,
Daniel
 
The faces are frosted silver plate, then printed, then clear coated. The yellowing that occurs is due to the clear coat aging.
 
I worked in a lamp factory once and they spun and polished the Aluminium lamps ,then we gold coated them with clear and a dye formula ,looked very gold .Ted
 
My 1934 speedo has a decal with kilometres on it. Which has been stuck over the original dial. Not sure where the previous owner got the decal from but it is a perfect match for the other gauges and of course gives me a kph speedo -Karl
 
According to my '33 -'34 restoration manual their was no consistency on the shade of yellow, they all varied slightly. I have a number of speedos, gas and amp gauges from 33 and 34 cars and they all vary slightly.
 
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