51 Insrument panel illumination

[Chuckwp]

More questions on the 51 I am rewiring.   Are the bulb sockets circled in the photo all just gauge illumination? I don't see any turn indicators when I shine light through so, I assume they did not exist?  Thanks.

[Wood and Steel]

My '51 Cranbrook has a turn signal indicator on the lower left, and a headlight indicator on the lower right (looking at the dash from the front). The turn signal light is green, headlight is red. I assume it's original, but I don't know for sure.

[Plymouthy Adams]

it is not shaped like an arrow on these models as compared to many other.....the lights are as mentioned by Wood and Steel to be just dots....of different colors....

 

 

[rallyace]

Looking at the back of your panel, the top two circles are the illumination. The bottom left is the high beam indicator and the bottom right is the turn signal indicator. Now, one thing to understand, new #535 flasher units are electronic operation. They work on positive ground system but the flasher output for the indicator lamp has a diode in the circuit and it will not illuminate the indicator on a positive ground system.

[Sam Buchanan]

You might find this thread interesting:

 

https://p15-d24.com/topic/51306-new-dash-light-bulbs-bright/

 

Here is how my P15 gauges look with the microscope bulbs:

 

[greg g]

Sometimes a good dusting after 70 years can brighten things up a bit too.

[Bryan G]

On my car I could barely see the red and green lights. I had the cluster apart for something else and found that the old plastic had rotted, as some is prone to do. I fished through my junkbox and found some indicator lamp lenses that fit the holes just right, and now I can see the turn indicator even during the day.

[Chuckwp]

I figured it out.  Top two are illumination,  bottom two are turn indicators.
Thank you for all the help/replies!

 

[Rodney_Hamon]

My picture may be of no use but I looked at the back and saw no colored plastic for turn signal areas. Pretty bad shape this dash unit from a ‘51 cranbrook.