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Old 08-16-2020, 08:35 PM   #21
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Brad, do you want to sell one? Looking for a round speedo one.
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Old 08-17-2020, 12:26 AM   #22
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Brad, do you want to sell one? Looking for a round speedo one.
Sorry, not interested yet.......best to call my wife in about 30 years LOL

Here's a close up of one for the oval speedometer (with the instrument panel installed). Note the woodgraining and original Dunn gauges:



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Old 08-17-2020, 01:46 PM   #23
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Isn't that why you have a water temp gauge?to tell you when you reach operating temp?.Stop pumping flow into the valve gallery and you'll hear the valve clatter well before you ruin bearings..
John, if you look at the picture that Brad just posted, a close inspection of the gauge shows the area where 'Normal' is, ...and then it has an area of "Thick Oil". This is what I was mentioning above, and the reason why oil pressure gauges were used on Model-A engines.
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Old 01-03-2021, 01:54 PM   #24
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I wish Brad would wanna sell one of the Deluxe panels
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Old 01-04-2021, 12:09 PM   #25
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Every morning I check. "vintage Dunn Aristocratic Model A dash panel" on fleabay. Last month or two there 4 of them, $250-$400.
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Old 01-04-2021, 05:25 PM   #26
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I saw a cheap aluminum copy at Carlisle this fall- looked like garbage. 80.00



do yourself a favor and spring for an original.........
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