Tri 5 Lower Dash Extension

[hotrod1]

Lets see what you guys did for a lower dash extension. Pics Please. I am sure that there are some very cool ideas out there, and I would like to see them.

[ChuckDriver]

Here's a few I saved over the years.

[Speedbumpauto]

What I did. Wanted the glove box and couldn't figure out how to get it to open/close with something under it that looked right.

[hotrod1]

These are all great! We need more please!!!

[_Ogre]

look in my build

edit: forget it. you only want tri5 dashes
tri5 is a car design, 3 years of the same basic car
55-59 cabs are all the same, you could always use five5

[mgchevyparts]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

look in my build

edit: forget it. you only want tri5 dashes
tri5 is a car design, 3 years of the same basic car
55-59 cabs are all the same, you could always use five5

Exactly, the term Tri5 applies to 55 56 57 Chevy cars not trucks. Truck platform was 55 56 57 58 59
No big deal but just one of those little mis-used things that bugs me

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ford guys have a cow when somrone refers to the Tri five Chevys as "shoeboxes". They claim exclusive right to use that term on what? '49-50 Fords.

Personally, I'm not a Ford guy though I like certain Fords. So screw 'em!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Anyone know if someone is producing these dash extensions, or are they all custom made?

[hotrod1]

If tri five just refers to cars, then I am mistaken. I was told that it refers to 55, 56, and 57. I would like to see 55, 56, 57. 58. and 59 trucks.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

look in my build

Again

[hotrod1]

Ogre

Your looks great just like the rest of your truck. I imagine that you spent a lot of time building everything out of fiberglass. From a aesthetics perspective, it was worth it.

[_Ogre]

Unless your an extraordinary metal worker, fiberglass is a lot easier to form. Hard to post pics from my tablet, look at how the ends of the fascia curve to the dash. Easy to do with cardboard and mailing tube

[Old Crow]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Ford guys have a cow when somrone refers to the Tri five Chevys as "shoeboxes". They claim exclusive right to use that term on what? '49-50 Fords.

Personally, I'm not a Ford guy though I like certain Fords. So screw 'em!

Those Ford guys are weird indeed. They got all upset when I called my '61 F-100 a "step side". Sorry, I grew up when all those '50's trucks were called step sides, regardless of brand.
Besides, that thing of the side of the truck between the cab and the rear fender sure looks more like a step than a "flare" to me.

[ChuckDriver]

From an earlier model.