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Your question was answered: What you have is a replacement panel for trucks that did not come with a tach from the factory, therefore it is not an older style and was not phased out, and replaced with the ''standard'' gage cluster.
It is actually a newer style, as it replaced the bracket that...
Hi Brian, you are welcome.
The safest way to determine the age of your truck would be checking the serial number. If it starts with ''M'', and is in the 50.000 area, you probably have a converted A1 or even a gasser. When a M35A1 was converted to -A2, instructions were to replace the dash plate...
It's a 1962 Studebaker-Packard, factory original M35A1, not a converted gasser. Check your frame rails in the front crossmember area. If it is a converted gasser, and the crossmember was replaced, there should be some unused rivet holes (I may be wrong on this one).
My truck was surplussed...
I know of 3 different styles used on the deuces.
The olderst one had only a speedo and no tach and was used on the gassers, but also on early M35A1 multifuelers until at least thru 1962.
The other one was the common one used on all later M35A1, A2, and all 5tons, and had both the speedo and tach...
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