Reply To: Slough dash board circa 1950

Thank you all for your replies and the photos and manual illustration.

The later car looks as if it has a toggle switch with an on and off decal plate behind the threaded retaining ring, whereas yours Richard seems to be a pull on or possibly twist for on/off. It is in the position where on my dash a chrome mirror screw has been substituted.

My dash is I think Richard exactly as your photos show. Where your ashtray is, mine has three small screw holes in a triangular pattern and another chrome headed mirror screw behind which there seems to be a cut out in the metal dash support panel. It had been suggested that an ignition advance and retard lever had been fitted there, although I cannot find a corresponding hole in the bulkhead through which the operating cable might have lead to the distributer. Mine has a vac advance dizzy fitted, which may be non-original, but if not there would have been no call for a manual control as well.

The interior light on mine has a sliding switch on the light fitting, where is yours Richard?

I do not feel I yet have a definitive answer to the dash fittings question and the type of switch, so would still be interested in hearing from any other source please

Regards Jack