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1959 car dash in our trucks
Im pretty sure I saw a picture on the board somewhere of one of our style trucks someone had grafted a 59 chev car dash into....Does anyone have that pic? I picked up a dash like that (for too much money
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
The car dashes are a little deeper, so ya gotta be careful, esp with molding it to the doors......do ya have a '59 Impala wheel and column??? That would look cool.
I have a complete '57 Bel-Air dash I've been saving for a hotrod project, but now you've got me thinkin'..........he he he......
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
I'm in the middle of this mod, the car dashes are for sure a lot deeper and not as wide. There is a large amount of fab work in making this work, much more than I thought before I started. Here's some pics. I'll post some of my "fab" pics soon when I start my "build" thread. Later.......Jerry
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Oh, and to clarify, these are definitely not my pics, I am nowhere near this far along. They are someone elses on here IIRC. ..............Bamm!
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
This one?
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
That is a 59 dash, but I was thinking it had the stock gauges. I could be all wet though. Thanks for the responses so far. It looks like a ton of work. I may just take the dash to the swap meet instead. Unfortunately it was an impulse buy and I'm know I'm going to go backwards on this deal.
I wouldn't mind having a wheel. Hard to find a decent one though that wont bankrupt a fella. Last edited by CG; 05-02-2007 at 02:38 PM. |
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
I think I`ve seen the one you saw,or think you saw,I think.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
If ya think of sellin' the '59 dash, I'd be interested....does it have all the stock gauges?
![]() The one above looks OK....but I don't see the point if ya don't use the BETTER LOOKING stock gauges.... ![]()
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
That’s freaking awesome, makes me want to start all over again. Anyone know whos blazer that is in the pictures Bamm posted?
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Well I went and opened up the package. Looks like it was taken out of the car correctly. Definatly needs a good sand blast, and total clean up of the gauges. Looks like its missing one piece of trim and the glove box button is gone. The extra silver trim stuff is pretty cool but I don't know if it can be saved. Got the old brain working again, I think I may just try to fit this in the panel.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Is the box button the same as these trucks?I know the Tri-5s are.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Yeah it looks the same...I have several of em.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
I posted a pic last year of a truck with a 59 dash but now I can't find it. The man that owned it is the collision instructor at the Technology Center in Athens Tn. He said he changes the dash in almost everything he builds. I'll keep looking and post it again when I find it.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
what 's the going price for one of those i know where there is one sitting.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Varies big time. Sounds like CG has $250 + in his, I gave $25 for mine, but I had to remove it. The biggest thing is finding them in the first place. As far as gauges, 3 of the five gauges in my dash were broken so I went with some Autometer Phantom Gauges. Hey CG, if you decide to do this keep in touch, If I screw up something on mine I'll warn you ahead of time or vice versa.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
yea i'm gonna have to remove it too but the only thing i can see wrong is the speedo glass is broken. and the windsheild is already out.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
It looks like they bent over the bottom of this dash -
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Looks like they just shaved the switches and relocated them further down to me....
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
I think that you'll have to stretch the center section of this dash to get it to fit our trucks. I have already trimmed down the outer edge of my dash and it's a little narrower than the truck dash. Has anyone found the owner of the blazer so we can throw some questions at him? ............................Bamm!
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Well I had a brain fart (not uncommon for me lol). I totally forgot I had a board member here build me a new dash for my panel. No tac and a clock where the vac gauge goes. And I went out and found an old school tac for mounting on the steering column....The 59 dash will now get cleaned up a bit. I may take it to the swapmeet...or just hang it in the garage.
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Well heck send that thing my way and I will do a full how too write up on the install for everyone else. I could throw it into Low Buck or Slow Build your choice
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
Found it!
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Re: 1959 car dash in our trucks
That '59 Chevy dash brings back a lot of good memories......
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