trying to put in 55 chevy truck dash

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so the dash out of the 55-59 shevy trucks is my favorite dash out of any vehicle EVER. because the guage cluster is so unique and you know them when you see em. i fount a cowl section with just the fire wall and dash attached on craigslist. its in good shape and been sand blasted and the guys only askin $100 so im going to try to scoop it up.

what i am probably going to have to cut it in half and tac the edges in and make a piece to fill in the center section. and i was wonderin how you guys would go about filling in that center section and gettin it to match the shape of the rest of the dash?

couldnt find anyone who has done this but did find some one whou put in a 55 bel air dash in and did it about the same way. and they are shaped pretty similarly so it will give you guys an idea of what im talkin about. i want to work on my metal fab skills so im going to try and do it my self. if worse comes to worse i got some one who can do it for me if i manage to crash and burn with this.

here is some pics just to show you guys what im talkin about
thanks for any help guys.

(the pic of the truck dash isnt the one im tryin to buy, just for illistrative purposes lol)