Different dash panel

As I mentioned to some of the guys - I think it is possible that the panels may have been produced back in the prototype days but never used. Then perhaps they were needed to sustain production at some point in 48 or they were used out of frugality since during those years the "waste not, want not" mind set was commonplace. So they would have been used rather than scrapped as would likely be the case today.
 
Yes, thank you BD. that is what I was talking about earlier in this thread as a possible prototype to the short ear, and in another thread where I felt they were kept because we had recently come out of a war where metal was a premium asset.
 
Sorry guys, I dont have the ser num handy right now, but the '48 Cub dad and I just bought also has this style dash. I dont think dad has it written down at the house. If that's the case it'll be another week and a half before I can get to the farm and look at it!
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just found another of these dashes not on a tractor though i think they cannot be used on cubs with tc the rod will not pass by without a notch cut in the dash
 
No provision on this one for a TC rod.
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Did Podge ever get any more info from the guy he was talking to in another thread? I believe it was "The Voice of Experience speaks" maybe that one was by Banyard? I can't seem to remember :oops: I thought there was something about this style dash panel? Was I wrong?

Ron
 
Ron - it was the guy that Podge talked to in his shop that knew about the dash panels. Said he remembered them and there weren't very many of them. We are hoping that more information will be available soon.
 
I'm not quite sure I follow you guys on that, my '48 with this dash has TC with fast hitch...Do you suppose the "bent" rod is special for this version? And I'm betting it's all original, as it certainly has never been restored. BD, you'll see it at Barnyard's...

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I have 6 '48 models with numbers ranging from 14941 to 49722. The numbers closest to the ones in question are 32681 and 34877. All are standard long eared ones. I've never had one of the odd ones.
 
Man am I glad you guys brought this back up. Trent has been sending me info that has been helpful. Just today he gave me a lead on one that I was leery of but George just gave me a number that beats that one for the low side and is closer to anything I have had so far.

Every one of the odd dashes identified so far fall between serial # 34877 and 43427. If it stays this way that means there were less than 10,000 of these Cubs produced. If anyone has a number between these please let me know, It will help narrow it even farther.

Rick I need your serial number to see if it falls in there anywhere if you don't mind.

I have a data sheet I have been keeping on this at http://www.savethecub.com/dash.htm. Any and all info is helpful.
 
the one i found has a u shaped notch cut out where the tc rod goes looks like it was owner done it has no gauges mag killswitch or a 4 position lite switch it also has an extra tab on the right side to bolt the battery cable guard
 
Trent M":82bftetr said:
That's cool. George's beats this one by nearly 200 and we don't have to worry about the validity of the seller's info.
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What's the odds of that?

t jackson":82bftetr said:
the one i found has a u shaped notch cut out where the tc rod goes looks like it was owner done it has no gauges mag killswitch or a 4 position lite switch it also has an extra tab on the right side to bolt the battery cable guard
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Can you grab a photo of it.? How about the serial #?
 
I havent had a chance to talk to my friend Watson on this anymore. Here started in 1947 at IH Louisville the day the factory opened and left in Ausgust I believe of 1982. I asked him while he was n the shop about these dashes. He remebers them and remebers them to be in the 1948 timeline. He does remeber that they were stamped at another factory and not at the Louisville plant like the others. He said he didnt know 100% but thought they where just an experimental type dash. He also said it would be very difficult to find someone who knew this 100% about the dash. He also said they could have had a shortage of dashes for 1948 being that 48 was one of the highest production years for cubs but couldnt remember if it were the shortage or and experiment. SO as of now we are still in the dark. I am going to do my best to get him to CubTug along with myself.
 
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