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mixermike 12-29-2011 09:41 AM

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lookin good brother

ChevLoRay 12-29-2011 10:27 AM

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What's weird about this idea, is that I remember when the '59's were new. I was younger, but I learned to drive on a '59 Ford, which I later drove to/from Biloxi, MS when I was in the USAF. Those cars seemed to be about 8-ft wide when you're driving them on roads back then, so it struck me as odd that they didn't have to cut the dash down, but widen it to fit into our trucks.

There's a guy near me who has a '68, that he put a '59 Edsel dash in. It's the same as a '59 Ford. Here's a pic. Oh, he had to widen it, too. Personally, I prefer the '59-60 Chevy dash, although the '57, and the 61-64 would look good. One issue with the cars that had the dog-leg design door openings (55-60), is the ends of the dashes protrude into the door area. It is part of the dash, so keeping it means you would have to cut it off, finish the edge and decide whether or not to incorporate it into the door panel sheet metal.

Alan's Classic 12-29-2011 10:13 PM

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It's not in a 67-72, but my 65. Just sharing. ;)

ChevLoRay 12-29-2011 11:12 PM

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Looks nice, Alan. I've had 3 '65's, so they're near to my heart.

Alan's Classic 12-30-2011 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ChevLoRay (Post 5090396)
Looks nice, Alan. I've had 3 '65's, so they're near to my heart.

:thumbs:

jtp67-72 12-30-2011 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ChevLoRay (Post 5089054)
What's weird about this idea, is that I remember when the '59's were new. I was younger, but I learned to drive on a '59 Ford, which I later drove to/from Biloxi, MS when I was in the USAF. Those cars seemed to be about 8-ft wide when you're driving them on roads back then, so it struck me as odd that they didn't have to cut the dash down, but widen it to fit into our trucks.

There's a guy near me who has a '68, that he put a '59 Edsel dash in. It's the same as a '59 Ford. Here's a pic. Oh, he had to widen it, too. Personally, I prefer the '59-60 Chevy dash, although the '57, and the 61-64 would look good. One issue with the cars that had the dog-leg design door openings (55-60), is the ends of the dashes protrude into the door area. It is part of the dash, so keeping it means you would have to cut it off, finish the edge and decide whether or not to incorporate it into the door panel sheet metal.

The problem with the turned ends of dash in 67-72's is the dash mounts too high to catch the metal of door -about 3" of glass to top of dash --Look at the 55 dash in my project-Wanted to use ends but would be 3" to high!-Reason for widening is early Chevy's had real wide door jambs makin the dash seem longer--The 55 dash was only 48" after I took off curved ends.....jim

19Hoosierdaddies68 12-30-2011 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by hotrodrick (Post 5052573)
alot of work, but maybe one of the coolest mods i've ever done. people at shows really seem to like it, even non truck people notice how cool it is .
i cut mine in middle and widen it about 4.5 inches built new slot for
new style radio and also used oem style hvac controller

What seats are in there?

60chevyjim 02-28-2016 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan's Classic (Post 5090243)
It's not in a 67-72, but my 65. Just sharing. ;)

I was thinking about this 59-60 impala dash for my 65 truck
with the 60 impala steering wheel that I put in my 65 all ready.


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