Has anybody removed the dashpad and filled the holes and painted the complete dash??
 

I'm using a 68 cab for my SWB project and last night while stripping out the interior to do a color change, I was looking at the dash w/o the pad on it. I think it would look pretty neat to fill the holes with patches and do the body work then paint the whole dash............with no pad!!
Anybody ever try or do this?? I think it would look kinda custom w/o being cheesy.
What do you think??

I'm kinda curious to see what that would look like myself.

i am doing this to mine, haven't started yet, but i think it'll look pretty sweet.

I plan to build one out of aluminum and polish it. I saw one at a show once and it looked awsome.

The pad is there for a reason: To keep your teeth and the truck's metal separated at all times. However, when I see those gnarly slice-and-dice billet steering wheels I figure what the hell, you'd just be a glob of red grease by the time you hit the pad. Go for it! We wanna see! H.

So I take it nobody has tried it before?? This sounds like a challenge!!

Didn't Smooth68 do something similar?

Check with XXL I think he has done his somewhat like you are talking about.

I saw one last weekend being done over in "Lone Oak". He had the body work finished and primed in. Really looked good.

my question would be...how much would the dash pad really do...i think that if you were in a bad enough accident. and the dash pad saved your life...you'd still be pretty screwed up and wish you DIDN'T have the dash pad...lol....but that might just be me.

From the Blazer board... slogo's mods..->

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php3?t=114803

I was at Super Chevy Show at maple grove a few weeks ago and There was a Texas Transplant guy there who removed the dash pad reversed the instrument cluster (lots of metal work) and It looked very nice. I'll search and see if we took a picture of it.

Wow :bowtie:

I like this filling in the dash holes idea. Any more pics out there?

Started cutting the plugs for the bigger slots in the dash. I think this is going to look cool.

Post a couple pictures when you get it done, interested to see what it looks like with paint and the gauges in. Later, Gord

I left my pad off and painted the dash 2 tone black and orange. I kinda like the way it looks with no pad and all the holes :D

PICS DUBIE PICS!!! i love your truck, but have never seen the inside.

Only you DUBIE...only you!! :crazy: :) :)
Maybe you could cut them into chevy emblems and put a neon light behind them?? :metal: J/K

Thanks bud, I wasn't sure if anyone liked my truck except for me :D
here are some pics for you guys. A couple dash pics, pic of the shifter and a quick pic of the MUTT. Please excuse the blurry pics, I had to take them with my video camera

HAHAHAHA you know it bud :D