Can anyone ID this panel please? It’s a bit of an oddity. It’s made of paxolin. The instruments are all air ministry and dated from 1938-1940.
The RPM gauge goes up to 3,400 RPM and is dated 1940
Standard looking oil pressure gauge
Oil temp gauge is a pre-war Negretti and Zamba example with a metal case.
Rad temp gauge is dated 1938, but has a black bezel and is fitted into an oversized hole with an adaptor plate (which is odd). I’d expect a boost gauge to fit here.
The elctrical gauge on the top right looks like an exhaust temp gauge but this doesn’t fit with the other gauges….
I can’t be sure some of the gauges are original to the panel, but they look like they have been in situ a long time. Based on the gauges and layout my thoughts are a trainer aircraft or a biplane fighter. There are a couple of part numbers – 75822 and 71628/2. I’ll look for an inspectors stamp.
Any ideas anyone?
By: Wellington285 - 31st March 2013 at 12:07
The panel has been messed about as Mike has said. The panel is either from a MK1 or Mk2 Lysander
Ian
By: sopwith.7f1 - 31st March 2013 at 11:37
There are differences between the 2 panels-
No number at the lower LH corner of the lysander panel
Different RPM gauges, 1 is a MK IXa reading up to 3.400, the other one reads much higher “5.000 RPM”.
There is no oil dilution button on Elliotts panel.
If it is from a Lysander, then it has been messed about with some time ago.
At A guess, I would say that it is from something earlier than a Lysander, but that would purely be a guess.
Bob T.
By: bolyman - 31st March 2013 at 00:52
Vince O Connors Lysander panel in his aircraft
By: Versuch - 29th March 2013 at 06:12
It would appear to” played with” as it matches perfectly the original pictures
of the Lysander panel, its had the fuel pressure gauge area notched out,and the
boost gauge replaced with a Rad Temp for whatever reason.
Or it could be the rarely seen, SOE Merlin powered variant.
Cheers Mike
By: sopwith.7f1 - 28th March 2013 at 10:07
Just one question-
WHY would there be a radiator temp gauge on a Lizzy ?.
Looks more like the original “round flange type ?” rad gauge, was replaced with a later type.
Bob T.
By: ian_ - 27th March 2013 at 13:17
Always had a soft spot for Lysanders. Could be tempted Elliott!
By: Whitley_Project - 27th March 2013 at 12:56
Thanks guys.
Well I don’t desparately need it so it’s available for bits of you-know-what or Spitfire.
By: ian_ - 27th March 2013 at 12:36
You have it Ian! The rad temp is a replacement for a boost gauge. Very nice Elliott!
By: Wellington285 - 27th March 2013 at 12:32
Looks very similar to a Lysander panel.
Ian
By: ian_ - 27th March 2013 at 12:27
Well done Elliott, I bid lightly but then decided I’d got enough radiation in my life! The nearest I found was Gladiator although it isn’t. Definitely a purpose built aircraft part on account of the impressed lettering. Lower RPM than a Merlin, rad temp so in line engine. Not Spitfire!
By: Whitley_Project - 27th March 2013 at 12:05
There’s a Westland inspectors stamp on the adaptor plate so it appears to be one of their products…
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