The Ford Barn

david.skinner · 08-13-2015, 03:55 AM

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 · 08-13-2015, 07:13 AM

David, I hope these photos help.

Regards,

Don

david.skinner · 08-14-2015, 01:11 AM

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

uncle buck · 08-14-2015, 08:55 PM

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

Lawson Cox · 08-16-2015, 08:45 PM

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

david.skinner · 08-16-2015, 10:30 PM

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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 · 08-16-2015, 11:39 PM

pretty cool.....Mike

uncle buck · 08-18-2015, 08:29 AM

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.

08-13-2015, 03:55 AM	#1
david.skinner Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Wellington NZ Posts: 85	36 roadster dash photos? 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

08-14-2015, 01:11 AM	#3
david.skinner Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Wellington NZ Posts: 85	Re: 36 roadster dash photos? Very much appreciated Don - excellent photos and just what I was after. Many thanks

08-14-2015, 08:55 PM	#4
uncle buck Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Snohomish,WA Posts: 1,106	Re: 36 roadster dash photos? David , How about a picture of your colonial cab for those of us that have never seen one?

08-16-2015, 08:45 PM	#5
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,079	Re: 36 roadster dash photos? Yeah. I not only have never seen one, I have never heard of one. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

08-16-2015, 11:39 PM	#7
Mike in AZ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Waddell, AZ Posts: 2,540	Re: 36 roadster dash photos? pretty cool.....Mike

08-18-2015, 08:29 AM	#8
uncle buck Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Snohomish,WA Posts: 1,106	Re: 36 roadster dash photos? 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.