Gasoline Gage

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Late '31
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Gasoline Gage

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Five different gasoline gage assemblies were used dur­ing Model “A” production. The variation was either with the dial, float rod, gage frame or the finish treatment. The early 1929 dial was made of spring steel with a white matte chromium plate finish. The fractions 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 were gloss black on a white background. The “zero” and “F” were brick red color. Size of the fraction numbers was 5/32 square while the “zero” and “F” were 7/32 square. The gage lens was made of molded glass with an elliptical con­vex boss on the front face. A nickel-plated steel shield held the glass in place. Its front face was finished eggshell gloss lithograph black with a 3/64 white nickel line across the center. Some of the changes were: in February 1928, the lens opening was changed from a vertical ellipse to a hori­zontal; in May 1928, the dial was changed to aluminum die casting with the letters cast in. The letters were changed slightly in size and in June the brick red “zero” and “F” were changed to black; in April 1929 the glass boss was changed from elliptical to round and the boss was made flat instead of convex; and finally, in January 1930, with the introduction of the new models a change was made to the float rod attachment.
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