Jan.16, 2007
Here photos and comments on some of the pieces for the new dashboard.
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Note: the boat was built in the winter of 1950-51. It looked better at that time than when I first pulled it out of long-term storage in 2003... |
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Note: the boat was built in the winter of 1950-51.
This is the original panel with newer gauges installed for the photo. The panel is a Stewart Warner "Mate" panel with a "Dull Chrome Basket Weave" insert (the insert is a sheet of chrome-plated brass. The original gauges were mechanical Stewart Warner "Wings" gauges. I am going to replace this with a five-hole panel (below). The surround of this panel has perfect chrome, but the insert is in poor shape (you can't tell from the photo) - especially that it has a hole gouged into it for the ignition key! The insert needs to be replaced and I don't know how to recreate the basket weave... could just engine-turn a stainless copy it and it'd be suitable.
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This Stewart Warner sender was a later replacement and is totally burned out inside. I do not like the need for a battery in this style of sender as it is not useful for my needs. |
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This is a SW "Navigator" panel. The insert was painted crinkled black and can be repainted, although I'd like to make a new stainless insert and recreate the basket weave of the original panel (or engine-turn). The surround on this panel has some slight pitting and needs to be re-chromed but is otherwise in good shape. If I win a lottery I'd prefer to get Wings gauges (or recreations), but I don't buy lottery tickets and these will do nicely. These are all electric gauges. |
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This is the back of the tach shown above. |
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This is the back of the Chrysler Crown engine - the water pump is the obvious bronze part. Just above it and to the right is the tach drive with a cap covering the connection. I will note the exact size of the connection soon, but it is a male thread 7/8" or so. |
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This is the distributor in a photo from when I pulled the engine. It has no tach drive, but there is a lead to the coil (the brown wire), which is also there in the new unit (I've converted it to Petronix eletronic ignition). |
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**I took this photo off an eBay archive
- I don't own this piece...
This is a Stewart Warner 6 cylinder Tach Sender; Model #819892. It says "6 cylinder. 4 cycle. 6 or 12 volt." P-9 marked on bottom. I don't know anything about this piece or if it will work for me. |
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**I took this photo off an eBay archive
- I don't own this piece...
This is a Stewart Warner Tachometer Mechanical Sender - Model #304807 SW# 821135 that was on eBay recently - could I hook this up to the rear tach drive on the engine and wire it to the electric tach I already own? |