36 roadster dash photos?

[david.skinner]

getting close to having done sufficient engine related maintenance work (ignition, fueling, oil, cooling) on my wife's 36 colonial cab pickup I am starting to think about the dash and birds nest of wiring underneath. The start of this is to target what an original 36 roadster dash (on which I understand these colonial cabs are based on) looked like and then make allowances for the RHD and anything that might be impractical to repair (the original temp gauge?). Ours has an ignition key in the dash, and at least one spare hole in the dash so does anyone have a photo of what they are meant to look like?
Regards
David

 

[Don Rogers]

David, I hope these photos help.

Regards,

Don

 

[david.skinner]

Very much appreciated Don - excellent photos and just what I was after. Many thanks

 

[uncle buck]

David , How about a picture of your colonial cab for those of us that have never seen one?

 

[Lawson Cox]

Yeah. I not only have never seen one, I have never heard of one.

 

[david.skinner]

Photo's attached. Sorry for the poor quality, I'll get some good ones soon. I can't make any comment on colonial cabs except what I have been told second hand. My understanding, but I could well be wrong, is that these were factory made in the colonies only based on a roadster body and panel. I'm still gently researching this as we had Ford manufacturing here from around '36 and before that assembly by the "Colonial Motor Company" based here in Wellington.

 

[Mike in AZ]

pretty cool.....Mike

 

[uncle buck]

Very interesting I've never seen one of those before . I find it also interesting that that thesy used a roadster dash instead of a commercial but on the other hand I don't recall ever seeing a 35 or 36 conventional pick up overseas.