1929 was the one year car makers seemed to compete to make the nicest instrument board (see the Hudson and Essex for other examples)

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for the Hudson and Essex: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/03/1929-essex-instrument-panel-called-rose.html

enthusiast and talented tinkerer Kelvin Elsner has been working on this custom 80s digital gauge cluster for months his quest to make a unique, modern, guages for his 300ZX

Increase the speed of this video's settings to at least 1.25... he is a slow talker. 

Skip the first 90 seconds... please, save yourself, it's too late for me. 

Skip from 3:30 to 10:30 trust me, you won't miss anything

He's not an automotive engineer by trade, considers this project a hobby, and doesn't currently have any plans for mass production or marketing for sale.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-this-crafty-diyer-created-a-sweet-vaporwave-gauge-cluster-with-custom-coding

quite a complex instrument panel design, and the strangest oil pressure gauge I've ever seen! Sizaire Freres 4RI

Sizaire Freres was a French company made by two brothers and producing cars from 1920-29

https://www.facebook.com/groups/197491484165115/permalink/1513525245895059

I've never seen this instrument cluster before

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232812690718337&set=pcb.1453239145257003

REO Flying Clouds had very nicely engraved instrument panels

there are a couple of cars that had nicer engraved panels, but I've only found 2 or 3, they all were made between 1925 and 1930, the Cadillac, Hudson, Gardner, and Essex... see them at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/instrument%20panel

1959 Case 311 tractor instrument panel on a tractor that is getting fired up after a decade of sitting. Ran when parked, but had an overheating problem

1927 Cadillac with a headlight/radiator cap accessory I've never seen before, a 314 Suburban that was purchased used from Don Lee Cadillac in Los Angeles

I've also never seen bolt together construction mufflers

https://www.facebook.com/groups/197491484165115/posts/1261251637789089/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334692011670

beautiful detailed instrument panel and matching choke plate

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10230224074644553&set=pcb.1248549849059268

there is a business in Three Lakes Wisconsin that sells vintage boat stuff, Fine Wood Boats

and might have what you need for your hot rod, or vintage Chris Craft...

http://www.finewoodboats.com/

plus a couple photos from the 1962 races. How cool are these trucks!!!

https://www.woodyboater.com/blog/2020/04/02/fine-wood-boats-where-to-find-classic-boat-parts-in-these-parts/
https://www.facebook.com/WoodyBoater/photos/a.258067450929154/2760652937337247

an office display made from spare parts

https://www.facebook.com/groups/682191078611715/permalink/1522346074596207/

high dollar custom stuff

https://www.facebook.com/groups/682191078611715/permalink/1514382562059225/

wow, I've never seen an instrument panel like this before...

The Eddie Meyer thing below the gauges is a fuel block I believe

https://www.facebook.com/groups/682191078611715/permalink/1535587269938754/

the instrument panel as a work of art. It's no Picasso... but neither is it the varieties of white paint smeared on a 16 x 32" canvas.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215282454714847&set=a.1617402035143&type=3&permPage=1

if you're only going to install one gauge cluster, this is not a bad choice

the Chrysler Astrodome pod looks good!

https://www.kruzinusa.com/scarlet-lady-detroit-autorama-great-8-finalist/

1990 Cadillac Allantè space age instrument panel, (do you remember when?)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/c8cy4a/1990_cadillac_allant%C3%A8_cluster_is_so_space_age/

1929 Essex instrument panel, called the rose panel.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/582589785103319/permalink/2694481077247502/

for comparison, the pine cone Hudson panel for 1929 Super Six Pin Cone Saloon

Digital dashboards of the 80s

for more see http://polymath42.tumblr.com/post/180696914559/radracerblog-top-10-retro-digital-dashboards#notes

1928 Marmon instrument panel

https://www.ebay.com/itm/-/253935037262

A variety of things that caught my eye at the LaJolla Concours

a couple coachbuilder badges I don't think I've photographed before, though I'm certain I've posted the Graber one before

above and below are both semaphore turn indicators

1929 Hudson Super Six Pine Cone Saloon

Hudson was a great innovator in the early automotive industry in America and helped pioneer the introduction of dual brakes, dashboard oil-pressure and generator warning lights and the first balanced crankshaft. These innovations allowed the Hudson straight-six engine, known as the Super Six, to work at a higher rotational speed while developing more power for its size than lower-speed engines and still giving a smooth ride. The Super Six was the first engine built by Hudson, their engines initially being supplied by the Continental Motor Company.

This Hudson Super Six is trimmed with a forest green vinyl interior with the cabin adorned by decorative silver-plated fittings featuring wonderfully cast “Pine Cone” decorations.

http://www.mossgreen.com.au/m/lot-details/index/catalog/424/lot/125550/1929-HUDSON-SUPER-SIX-ldquo-PINE-CONE-rdquo-SALOON