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Found behind the gas tank in a 51 356. It got lost behind the tank a loooooooooooong time ago! The markings go from 5 to 50 litres.

Jim
Hard to tell from your pictures,are the graduations different from later sticks?
Regards

Cal Ensor wrote:Jim
Hard to tell from your pictures,are the graduations different from later sticks?
Regards

Cal

Sorry, I can't answer your question. I can take more detailed pictures of the graduatuons if you want, though.

Regards

Jim
If the gas tanks are different then presumably the sticks will be also. I have never measured an orginal'55 stick,made one by scaling from Eric's tool site. Measurements checked with a repro I bought from Kendal Kreig several years ago.
Another picture of the '51 stick with a ruler beside it would be great.
Thanks

Cal Ensor wrote:Jim
If the gas tanks are different then presumably the sticks will be also. I have never measured an orginal'55 stick,made one by scaling from Eric's tool site. Measurements checked with a repro I bought from Kendal Kreig several years ago.
Another picture of the '51 stick with a ruler beside it would be great.
Thanks

Cal

Here are pictures. I hope they help.

Jim
Yep the rule was a big help,appears that my home scaled stick is very close. Could you check the number size and stick thickness please.
From your picture looks like the stick has a well preserved shellac finish which would make sense to me.Amazing that you found it in such good condition.
Thanks
Cal

Any smooth finish would make it difficult to read the gage. You need the wood bare to soak up the fuel and give you a chance to read it.

vic skirmants wrote:Any smooth finish would make it difficult to read the gage. You need the wood bare to soak up the fuel and give you a chance to read it.

Vic is correct as usual. It is bare wood. I don't know what kind of wood, but could ask some of my wood working friends. It is .19" thick and .785" wide.

Regards

Jim Breazeale wrote:

vic skirmants wrote:Any smooth finish would make it difficult to read the gage. You need the wood bare to soak up the fuel and give you a chance to read it.

Vic is correct as usual. It is bare wood. I don't know what kind of wood, but could ask some of my wood working friends. It is .19" thick and .785" wide.

Regards

Jim,
FYI, a quick calc converts to almost exactly 5 millimeters thick and 20 millimeters wide.

Some years ago I had some sticks made up at a woodworking shop and the owner said the original was made of beech. The blank sticks came out nice but I never figured out how to duplicate the stamped numbers.