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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Coal City, IL
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Custom radio delete plate
I couldn't find an original 514 red radio delete plate, so I decide to make one myself. Not exactly like original, but I like this chevy design better. I have less than an hour in it and that includes making the hammer form.
![]() I still need to make the clips to hold it on, but that's easy enough. ![]()
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tucson
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I like mine better. Not only is it an Ashtray and Radio delete plate, but it's invisible.
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Location: Alabama
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
Looks like a great idea, good job...
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I think your dash pad 3 gauge pod is trick! Did you fabricate yourself? Would love to incorporate something like that on my truck!
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
Not a fan of it. Or the dash pad gauges or the cluster bezel or the glovebox door. I like these old trucks because of the original old things. Skewing too far away from the original look just isn't my taste. My aftermarket steering wheel bugs my but I needed a smaller wheel so I could be more comfortable in the cab.
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Location: Tucson
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I did mine this way so it would look different from all of those stock trucks out there, knowing all the while that there would be some who would really criticize it because it didn't look the way they believe a truck should look. I really don't care about those guys. I built my truck the way I wanted it not the way somebody else likes them. It's your truck. Build YOUR truck, not someone else's! |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Orlando fl
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
Looked hi and low for a original plate in decent condition with no luck so bought this custom ball milled plate and fit very well in my 68.
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I couldn't find anything as cool as nicksdiner's. And, I don't have the talent to do what Fitz did.
If I could have found a delete it would have looked like the first pic. Instead, I found a decent (cosmetic) radio that was fubarred. Cut the back off, slid it in.
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I appreciate it, I really like the way it looks. Search E gauge plus radio delete and it will pop up. They even have a matching ashtray insert which looks good.
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you don't say.
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Location: Walkersville, Maryland
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
65, Nicely done! My radio was gone when I bought it and the original hole had been hogged out a bit. I've just been living with it cause it's not high on my list. I think rather than going to the shop and machining one I'm gonna try to do something similar.
Good work, Dan |
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I finally got a chance today to make the two mounting clips.
![]() I wanted to make sure it fit. Now I can use that special order can of 514 GM red and paint it. ![]()
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I dig it, simple and effective. Someone's arm put some time on that door huh
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I like it also, less is more
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Location: Leland, Il
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
65standard nice work on everything you do. Where do you get your buzz bomb gm colored paint? Im gonna need some soon but olive color.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Anaheim Hills, CA
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
I like it. Someone should sell these for those of us who bought trucks with the radio opening cut out for a modern stereo. I will eventually get the patch panel for the stock stereo but until then it would cover the gaping hole in the dash.
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Coal City, IL
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
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Cost like $20 for a spray can.
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
Painted and reinstalled.
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Re: Custom radio delete plate
Oh, by the way, I didn't use my special order can of GM 514 red. I used regular Chevrolet orange-red engine enamel. It is a perfect match, cheap and easy to find anywhere.
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