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Ochre · 10-13-2005, 05:14 PM

heard a few members talk about making a "glovebox dash" or replacing the plastic gauge bezel & gauges with aftermarket gauges in a cut & modified glovebox door...curious to see if anybody actually followed thru with it and how it looked.

LUV2XCLR8 · 10-13-2005, 05:36 PM

Hmmmmm, sounds interesting, I think most peeps probably just added
guages to the holes in the gauge cluster bezel, but I'm curious also

matthufham · 10-13-2005, 05:37 PM

i've always wondered how people are mounting these things. countersunk holes would just be a hole, so do they weld on tabs?

70GMCer · 10-13-2005, 07:24 PM

There was a thread on that back in the summer showing how some had did that. Maybe someone remembers that thread.......

Joe67 · 10-13-2005, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 70GMCer

There was a thread on that back in the summer showing how some had did that. Maybe someone remembers that thread.......

I remember a couple of threads on it, but didn't have them saved.
I thought about doing that until I saw the new billet dash pieces that are now available

chevyguy_72 · 10-13-2005, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 67c10step

I remember a couple of threads on it, but didn't have them saved.
I thought about doing that until I saw the new billet dash pieces that are now available

Which ones? I haven't seen one that really impressed me. Maybe i have been looking in the wrong places

BowTieMan · 10-13-2005, 09:14 PM

Here is the best I got of somebody elses truck.

matthufham · 10-13-2005, 09:26 PM

i got a few pics saved but how it's done is beyond me.

the teal/billet one and the red/billet one are weird because it looks like a billet overlay, but i can't see a bezel behind it. those came off ebay

matthufham · 10-13-2005, 09:28 PM

that last dash in the above post of mine is a board members. he has a pic of the backside of it, but i don't have it saved.

70short/step · 10-13-2005, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by matthufham

that last dash in the above post of mine is a board members. he has a pic of the backside of it, but i don't have it saved.

Here is the back of the Dash you posted. I think the Board member's name is Javy. And it is made by another board member. I can remember his name though. Have it saved somewhere....But Where is the question!

Aquivarious · 10-14-2005, 02:01 AM

The first picture you got there is from a place that makes custom dash inserts with autolite guages http://www.covansclassic.com Try it out!

tattoo · 10-14-2005, 02:21 AM

with these old trucks theres enough room to put you gauges anywhere within the screw holes on the factory housing, therefore go wild use you own materials and make pretty bevelled corners, i once used black plexiglass as a backgroud for my custom fit guages and it won me a few trophies on interior alone not to mention it works great for battery covers and such

10-13-2005, 05:14 PM	#1
Ochre Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: minnesota Posts: 78	Pic req: glovebox dash heard a few members talk about making a "glovebox dash" or replacing the plastic gauge bezel & gauges with aftermarket gauges in a cut & modified glovebox door...curious to see if anybody actually followed thru with it and how it looked.

10-13-2005, 05:36 PM	#2
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,476	Hmmmmm, sounds interesting, I think most peeps probably just added guages to the holes in the gauge cluster bezel, but I'm curious also __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

10-13-2005, 07:24 PM	#4
70GMCer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joppa, Maryland Posts: 4,408	There was a thread on that back in the summer showing how some had did that. Maybe someone remembers that thread....... __________________ 1997 GMC Sierra Ext 1965 Mustang

10-13-2005, 09:14 PM	#7
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Here is the best I got of somebody elses truck. Attached Images __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

10-13-2005, 09:26 PM	#8
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	i got a few pics saved but how it's done is beyond me. the teal/billet one and the red/billet one are weird because it looks like a billet overlay, but i can't see a bezel behind it. those came off ebay Attached Images Last edited by matthufham; 10-13-2005 at 09:33 PM.

10-13-2005, 05:37 PM	#3
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	i've always wondered how people are mounting these things. countersunk holes would just be a hole, so do they weld on tabs?

10-13-2005, 09:28 PM	#9
matthufham Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Carl Junction, Missouri Posts: 2,061	that last dash in the above post of mine is a board members. he has a pic of the backside of it, but i don't have it saved.

10-14-2005, 02:01 AM	#11
Aquivarious Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alton, Illinois Posts: 90	The first picture you got there is from a place that makes custom dash inserts with autolite guages http://www.covansclassic.com Try it out! __________________ '71 Chevy C-10 SWB (Project) '04 Mazda RX-8 (F*** around Car) '85 Chevy C-20 (Former Project) Currently Serving In IRAQ. (Man it sucks over here..)

10-14-2005, 02:21 AM	#12
tattoo "Bondo, just say no!" Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Barrie Ontario Canada Posts: 75	with these old trucks theres enough room to put you gauges anywhere within the screw holes on the factory housing, therefore go wild use you own materials and make pretty bevelled corners, i once used black plexiglass as a backgroud for my custom fit guages and it won me a few trophies on interior alone not to mention it works great for battery covers and such __________________ "WORK NOW, SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD, SPEND EVERY PENNY I MAKE" 69 C-10 SWB Stepside (ground up resto in progress) 86 Yugo 69 Honda pc50 moped see my work @ http://www.myspace.com/inkorperated free site for pics



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