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Originally Posted by HiboyGal

Forgive me for sounding maybe 'ignorant', but don't you guys have a trunk? - am I missing something?

Mine is already full!!!

Dave Brisco

Deuce, do you know offhand if the three window dash is a bolt-in to the five window?

Reason I ask is when I was in high school, a guy a year ahead of me had a very nice five window and I heard that he was running a three window dash.

The only pic I have of it has the steering wheel blocking the view of the dashes right side.

I always thought that perhaps the three window dash made more room for instruments, but maybe it was for the glove box.

Originally Posted by C9x

Deuce, do you know offhand if the three window dash is a bolt-in to the five window?

No ... it is very different ...

A 5W dash is a closed car dash ( Tudor, Fordor, 5 W, Victoria ect. )
The 3W dash is all by itself.



This 5 window dash ... is held on by 7 screws ( factory set up ) ... and the screws go thru the dash into the body ...



The 3W dash has a few bolts that hold it to the upper lip of the dash rail on the body and are concealed by the windshield frame ... and has a bolt on each side on the lower rail of the dash where the dash is close the the body ... just about where the door latch is ( see photo )



Here is a 32 3W dash that has been modified ...
filled the glove box and the cigar hole and after market SW gauges installed.

Thanks Deuce.

Always wondered about that.

If . . . a guy wanted to, looks like he could knock out a 1/4" aluminum glove box lid and paint it to match the dash.

With appropriate hinges and ledges inside . . . as well as the box proper.

Not sure if I'd do it, just thinking out loud.

I got room though.

Hinge it at the top and drive everyone crazy....

Brookville sells the repro glove box doors and the ash tray is made in repro also ... if you wanted to take the easier way out ...

Originally Posted by Deuce

Brookville sells the repro glove box doors and the ash tray is made in repro also ... if you wanted to take the easier way out ...

After looking at their 32 cowl vent kit I'm afraid to look at a glove box lid.


Anyhoo, I want to put a cowl vent in the 31 A roadster - Brookville body, so no probs with a cowl gas tank.

The 32 cowl vent is 5" x 14" I believe.
Seems like some older mini pickups have a similar sized cowl vent, but I'm not completely sure.

Suggestions anyone?

Originally Posted by C9x

After looking at their 32 cowl vent kit I'm afraid to look at a glove box lid.

C9 ... if you want me to make a outline pattern of my Henry 3W glove box door so you can make yourself a aluminum one ... just PM me over on " Ryan's place "

Originally Posted by DennyW

You mean your not going to share with us here ?

I am fairly new here ... and had not explored the PM avenue here.
If you want the pattern pm me ... BUT ... I just do not come here a lot ... the other place is where I go mostly

Ok I'm going to go out on a limb here and add a couple comments

When was the last time any of you actually let someone else drive your car especially if YOU were not in it ?????????

Yeah, though so.....It's pretty much the same if you ride a bike, very seldom do you hand over the keys. Know where the registration for my Harley is?. In my billfold along with the insurance card and my license. One stop shopping if I need to show them to that nice police officer.

Originally Posted by Mike P

When was the last time any of you actually let someone else drive your car especially if YOU were not in it ?????????

Yeah, though so.....It's pretty much the same if you ride a bike, very seldom do you hand over the keys. Know where the registration for my Harley is?. In my billfold along with the insurance card and my license.

It has nothing to do with anyone else driving the car (like that's gonna happen). With both a '32 roadster and a Harley, that would be two 8 1/2 X 11 registration papers folded up in my wallet along with all the other junk in there. As stated up front I didn't consider that a good option. The Harley papers are in a baggy in a saddle bag; the '32s are now up under the seat. Problem solved.

Originally Posted by Mike P

Ok I'm going to go out on a limb here and add a couple comments

When was the last time any of you actually let someone else drive your car especially if YOU were not in it ?????????

Yeah, though so.....It's pretty much the same if you ride a bike, very seldom do you hand over the keys. Know where the registration for my Harley is?. In my billfold along with the insurance card and my license. One stop shopping if I need to show them to that nice police officer.

Mike,,,Deuce's wife and my wife are often seen driving roadsters and he and I are nowhere to be found,,,,,South Carolina law states that proof of insurance card and registration must be in the car at all times.

I would guess if you only had a car and a bike and were not married keeping them in your wallet is a good idea,,,,,

I have too many cars,trucks and vans,,,,,I also have employees driving some of the vans and trucks,,,,,If I had to sit on that many P.O.I.'s and registrations in my wallet I would be another inch taller in the drivers seat!,,,but only on one side!

I guess there are some advantages to living in England (not many i know) but if i get stopped by a dibble who wants to see my documents. I have to produce them at any Police Station within 24hrs, hence i don't carry any of them.

This routine makes for such a laid back pleasant way of living, i just can't imagine worrying about reaching into a glovebox and getting a gun pointing at you.

Don't get me wrong i love the USA but things that can happen out there....wow! very scary!

"......I would guess if you only had a car and a bike and were not married keeping them in your wallet is a good idea,,,,,"

I guess your right, at one time I had 2 bikes and kept both registrations in my billfold without any problems (but 3 would have been a problem).

As far as being married, that is not a problem, wife (who thank god is very supportive) prefers to do the passenger thing in most of "my" cars. Of course then there are "her" cars (I try to make sure she has at least 2 of her own).

By the way congratulations on the throphy.

Thanks. The car is a driver, but getting a trophy (my first since 1983) on its first outing was a bonus. Having wanted a '32 roadster for some 41 years its just nice to finally be able to "live the dream". And its a 327 4-speed so is very mid-sixties. I picked it up from SoCal 9/05 as a roller and had it going by 8/06 after fixing much of what they did - a long story - and substantial motor/trans problems. This winter will see the body work and upholstery finished I hope.