Re: Packard & Diamond T trucks

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2011/7/16 18:21:18

I was suggesting Diamond T bought the panels off the shelf from the panel manufacturer. Then installed their own choice of gauges. They may not have even known what car it was designed for.

I know this was done at the time, because of an article about the 1936 Cord. The designer of the car said one of the ways they saved time and money, was to use off the shelf interior door handles and window cranks bought from the firm that made hardware for all the car companies. They dressed up this obsolete hardware with big showy plastic knobs.

The only way to tell for sure would be to compare them side by side. But it is at least a possibility.