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08-27-2004, 03:42 PM
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Location: Calgary, Alberta,Canada
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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??
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08-27-2004, 04:13 PM
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I'm kinda curious to see what that would look like myself.
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08-27-2004, 04:25 PM
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i am doing this to mine, haven't started yet, but i think it'll look pretty sweet.
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08-27-2004, 04:57 PM
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I plan to build one out of aluminum and polish it. I saw one at a show once and it looked awsome.
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08-27-2004, 04:58 PM
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Lovin' Arizona Since 1961
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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.
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08-27-2004, 05:31 PM
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So I take it nobody has tried it before?? This sounds like a challenge!!
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I know what your thinking.......I have ESPN. Sometimes it's easier to do things the hard way. Fesler Built 1968 Chevy C10....Must resist the urge to mess with it!!
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08-27-2004, 05:43 PM
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Didn't Smooth68 do something similar?
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08-27-2004, 06:04 PM
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Check with XXL I think he has done his somewhat like you are talking about.
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08-27-2004, 06:08 PM
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Fixing my 67, & loving it
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I saw one last weekend being done over in "Lone Oak". He had the body work finished and primed in. Really looked good.
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08-27-2004, 06:11 PM
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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.
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08-27-2004, 06:19 PM
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08-27-2004, 07:38 PM
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08-27-2004, 08:03 PM
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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.
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08-27-2004, 08:11 PM
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67 is sold
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 I like this filling in the dash holes idea. Any more pics out there? |
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08-30-2004, 11:20 AM
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Started cutting the plugs for the bigger slots in the dash. I think this is going to look cool.
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I know what your thinking.......I have ESPN. Sometimes it's easier to do things the hard way. Fesler Built 1968 Chevy C10....Must resist the urge to mess with it!!
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08-31-2004, 08:43 AM
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Never enough time!!
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Post a couple pictures when you get it done, interested to see what it looks like with paint and the gauges in. Later, Gord
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08-31-2004, 09:09 AM
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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
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08-31-2004, 02:25 PM
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PICS DUBIE PICS!!! i love your truck, but have never seen the inside.
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08-31-2004, 05:59 PM
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  Maybe you could cut them into chevy emblems and put a neon light behind them?? J/K
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I know what your thinking.......I have ESPN. Sometimes it's easier to do things the hard way. Fesler Built 1968 Chevy C10....Must resist the urge to mess with it!!
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08-31-2004, 06:28 PM
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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 Quote:
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