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Old 07-18-2022, 02:52 PM   #1
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Dash pads?

Does any body know when the shift is styles of dash pads happened? I thought the top one in the photo went to 1979? before shifting to the style on the bottom?
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Old 07-18-2022, 03:53 PM   #2
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Re: Dash pads?

1981 was the changeover year.
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Old 07-18-2022, 07:55 PM   #3
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1981 was the changeover year.
That's kind of what I originally thought. But I was in a bone yard today and saw a round eye with the later dash. So at some point somebody must have changed it to a later dash.
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Old 07-18-2022, 08:19 PM   #4
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Re: Dash pads?

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Old 07-18-2022, 11:20 PM   #5
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Nice write up!

Thanks. I had no idea there were so many differences.
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