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I have been paying attn to the dash styles in the 60-63 and noticed some do not have the double hump. whats the deal?

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GMC's dont have the humps, I noticed that too:metal:

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Well that's not quite true, our GMC's do have an elevated hump over the gauges. See Pic.

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yes but not the double hump which would be the one over the pass side

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I know, it was a chevy thing. I wonder what the designers were trying to explain? The funny thing about it was other than the double hump, the rest of the interor was the same (not counting he clover box door).

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Chevy 60-63 had the double hump
chevy 64-66 had the flat all the way across
GMC 60-66 had the single hump

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IMO the double hump looks bad a$$ they should have used it through 66 even on the gmc

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I've always preferred the double hump over the other versions. From the outside it offers a bit of the early Corvette style.

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HUMP! What HUMP!?!

Sorry I could not resist!

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60-63....

64-66....

:chevy:

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I totally agree

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well I don't know what they were thinking with the gmc cause it looks like crap IMO

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I bet that they were orig made that way for export purposes. simplicity for r/hand drive
ron

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Maybe they wanted to spare the passinger a cracked skull when they got a concussion from the metal dash? ;)

I can't agree with your comment, "I" think it looks rather sophisticated and balanced out, maybe I'm just partial to the GMC. Remember the GMC were rather look upon as a "hard worked" vehicle. Who knows it ain't worth fighting over.

Be careful, I got a post reported but somebody because I made a slight against another truck. I know you don't mean anything by it though.

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I like my double hump.

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I'm just saying the double hump looks cool.

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I agree on the double hump .. Love It !!! But I like all of the dash styles because it adds character to each truck , just as the grills and hoods do .. I think a majority of us buy either what looks or appeals to us or what kind of deal we can get when purchasing our next project ... just my 2 cents .. :metal:

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That's what happened to me. My favorite of the bunch is the 1963 and that's what I was looking for. I preferred the double hump dash best, and wanted the coil spring front suspension. Although I prefer the 63 Chevy grille over all the other Chevy versions, I always intended to replace it with a GMC version as I liked that even better.

All that went out the window when I found a cherry, one family 1960 GMC. In spite of being the least desirable model I could imagine (to me) with the 800 pound V6 and the original hood, it was so nearly new I just couldn't pass it up.

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Now THAT's Funny! eye-gore...

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This is my 1960 dash.

I do have a question; If you look closely, there are 4 screws holding the dash speaker in. Are these original ? I don't thing they are, but not sure. we are ready to paint the dash before the new windshield goes in.

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I have a 61 and the original speaker is still in it. It also has screws from the top. As far as I can tell, it is original. There's a bracket that holds the speaker in. My screws are around the vent not between.

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I've had 2 different '60's and neither had the screws from teh top. The OEM manual shows a speaker bracket with a square piece of rubber that mounts under the dash and holds the speaker in place.

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mine had I think 2 screws maybe 3 and the truck was all original. but you have to remember that a lot of stuff as far as radio was done by the dealer and may have been done different ways.

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My dash looked very similar when I first bought the truck back in 1992. There were no screws, but there was no radio either.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2606/dash01.jpg

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Do you have a PDF of that page the manual you are referencing so I know what bracket I need look for ?

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KIC,

I have the manual but no way to scan the page, Contact another member "AeroTruck", he has just about anything you can imagine..

Mark,
Your truck "looked" worse than mine when I got it in 2000, I did not think that possible. Damn, You've come a LONG way.