Brothers Smooth Dash Panel

[Dads Burb]

Anyone installed one of the smooth dash panels offered by Brothers? Or done anything else to clean up the radio opening and center knob openings?

[Kabwe]

Yes I have. Before I installed the 55/56 car dash I smooth the radio area and kept the glove box. I for one can't live without a glove box.

[Dads Burb]

Bam, is that a piece of the Brothers panel or did you make your own? I agree about the glove box, I intended to keep it.

[Kabwe]

Originally Posted by Dads Burb

Bam, is that a piece of the Brothers panel or did you make your own? I agree about the glove box, I intended to keep it.

No its not a brothers piece. I just formed it myself from some flat stock. Its easy to do. When you cut the piece out keep it and use it as a reference to form the patch panel. I made the radius with a pipe and a bench vise.

[_Ogre]

truk has a brothers shaved dash panel. no install pics, only finished dash pics.
a couple of suggestions and methods i used.
cut out the back of your ashtray. i did not, it is in the way of the ducting and i cut my hand many times trying to jam my hand around it.
i did cut out most of the dash behind the panel. i laid the panel on top of the existing dash, i did not cut it in like i did most patch panels.
leave the bottom couple of inches of the dash and the glove box structure. this adds a lot of strength to a shaved dash.
if your installing ac in your sub, do the full install before welding the panel in. fab all the brackets and make all of your hoses. mount it like a final install and make sure you can pull it down without going thru the dash holes.

[58 pache]

I am currently doing one on my 58. I left the glove box. not to mention it's my first so called patch panel i have welded.