01-31-2024, 03:31 PM | #1 |
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Does anyone know what a late 31 restored gas gauge goes for now a days. Let me know. Reggiedog |
01-31-2024, 03:50 PM | #2 |
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Here is one on eBay for $1,049.77
https://www.ebay.com/itm/36066819096...W8zC6p7U4YqNTg
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01-31-2024, 05:53 PM | #4 |
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And that's NOT a original one as mine is a Original one and I'm getting it restored back to the original with neoprene float on it, as those are better for the modern gas that we have today as I have two of them and I'm selling only one of them as one is for my car.
As if they get that much for a new one I will sell mine for more then that then as I have been told they sell for $95. to $125. but after seeing that I will sell it for over that don't know, as to what I don't know as of yet but it all depends on the cost of the plating of it as I have to do two of them but I will know what it is for one. But if new ones go for over !,000. than mine is going to be more then that then I just hope it sells for that as I have to get rid of it fast but it's going to be on the Ford Barn as soon as I get it restored which should be sometime in March or April or maybe May |
01-31-2024, 08:26 PM | #5 |
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I would prefer a cork float over neoprene. Better yet brass. On my car I used a cork and dipped it into some aviation gas tank sealing/slushing compound, it works great!
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02-01-2024, 10:50 AM | #7 |
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Based on eBay past sales recently, it looks like unrestored gas gauges are going in the $35-$50 range. A full reproduction set is about $130-$150 including gaskets, etc.
Based on that, if you had a restored original, I'd say maybe $100-ish if it was correctly restored.
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02-01-2024, 01:19 PM | #10 |
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I already know it cost more then $60.00 to have it restored correctly and I'm going with Craig Ricker to restore them for me as I have two gas gauges to restore and one of them is mine for my car originally and the other I bought because I needed the inside screws but by the time the gas gauge got here I found my original inside screws for it so I don't need the gas gauge anymore so I'm going to have it restored and sell it for a profit like every body else would do but I'm still going to sell it for about $290.00 to $350.00 that's what it will go for I hope all depends on the cost of the plating as everything has gone up so much these days and that is what I was told by a guy that would know what they go for unrestored but he didn't know what a restored one goes for today and from what I seen on e bay I could go that high but I'm not I'm staying around the $350.00 area might be higher all depends on the plating and the rebuild of it as that is the going rate for a restored one right now that I have found but it is going to be Butler Nickel or Chrome plated what ever was original.
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02-01-2024, 01:28 PM | #11 |
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Original would be w/a brass float.
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And I looked at the seller on E bay and it says he has one but does he actually have one to sell as it says he sold a lot of them but going into his sold items he didn't sell a one as I was trying to find out what they actually went for as I can't believe he get's that much for one not original gas gauge don't figure.
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02-01-2024, 02:03 PM | #13 |
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Katy,
Is that for Canada only you talking about or is that for the U.S. also as I have been told that everyone is putting a neoprene float on the gas gauge here in the U.S. as I have been told so far you are the first to say brass is the one to go with. Reggiedog |
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Just going by memory, working on A's in the 1950s. (Canada). Judging standards show cork, FWIW, neoprene was invented in 1930. HTH
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Here's the gas gauge diagram out of the judging standards. The JS reads:
The early 1928 gas gauge had a vertical oval opening with a flat lens and was used through May 1928. In April 1928 the gas gauge was redesigned from a nickel-plated steel casting to an aluminum die casting, nickel-plated on the exposed face. Nickel plating was not used after June 1928. The aluminum frame gauges had a magnifying glass lens with a horizontal oval opening through mid-1929. In May 1929 a round gas gauge opening was introduced. Initially, the round glass had a flat raised center. This was changed to flat glass by November 1929. The gas gauge face plate was satin black with a horizontal white nickel line across the center. Some vehicles in mid-1931 to the end of production had a gold line. The line was 1/32" wide from the beginning of production through May 1929 and 3/64" wide thereafter. The numerals on the gauge quadrant were black, except in early 1928 when the "0" and "F" were brick red and slightly larger than the other figures. Gas gauges were secured into the gas tank with a nickel-plated brass outer nut. Initially, the nut was 7/16" thick with a conical pocket. In January 1928, the thickness was increased to 15/32" and the inside edge was rounded with a 1 /32" radius. In February 1928, the pocket was changed from a conical pocket to a pocket with a radius (see photo).
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Glad I can replate these. They're some of the easier parts to nickel plate, in my opinion. Looks like I'll be in the money! HA!
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