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ebfabman · 08-01-2002, 06:28 PM

this one, I think.............

Low67C10 · 08-01-2002, 06:34 PM

Now thats what i would call a quality install

*Gee_Emm* · 08-01-2002, 06:35 PM

See guys, this is what happens when you cut your dash!!!!!!

bigvinnie · 08-01-2002, 06:43 PM

chainsaw massacre... someone went thru a lot of trouble to make it look like that...

photoglg · 08-01-2002, 06:49 PM

A smoker. Must have got in the eyes then the cutting started.

JJ · 08-01-2002, 06:55 PM

My brother in law was looking at that picture, his response was classic, "What's wrong with it?"

RON WOODGEARD · 08-01-2002, 07:22 PM

I really feel for the guy!!!!!!!!

I'm debating on how to mount my BLAUPUNKT in my new dash ....

Now most of you probably know what the SAN FRANSISCO cost. I made a special aluminum front plate for it in the dash I have now BUT I'm going to install an AIR dash in it and it has never been butchered, I'm having a nervous breakdown trying to figure out how to do it or if I want to do it.
What does it matter it's MY truck and whatever I do to it is making me happy, RIGHT? but it's a beautiful NEVADA rust free dash that I want to replace the old one with and it's never been thrashed, but without cutting on it my BLAUPUNKT will not go in.

OOHHH hell,,,,, there it goes again another night without sleep :p

RON

my67c20 · 08-01-2002, 07:33 PM

Hey who gave you a picture of my dash? I bet it was the clown who sold me the truck. Have been enjoying reading the posts about cutting the dash hoping to get some creative way to fix mine. Bottom line don't cut if you don't have the means to repair. A hack job is a hack job.

barn9 · 08-01-2002, 07:59 PM

That pic shows exactly how foolish it is to cut up a classic dash. Ron, check out Custom Autosound, I have one and they are great, and no cutting! Put the blaupunkt in something that deserves to be butchered, he-hee!

Bill72BB · 08-01-2002, 08:09 PM

I can only say one thing ,

Thats the Hillbilly way

Bill

kenele · 08-01-2002, 08:42 PM

All that for a cassette player??? sounds like a bitter Ford owner to me.

Chevy409 · 08-01-2002, 08:42 PM

Hmm, wonder what under the hood looks like...

XXL · 08-01-2002, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by barn9
That pic shows exactly how foolish it is to cut up a classic dash. Ron, check out Custom Autosound, I have one and they are great, and no cutting! Put the blaupunkt in something that deserves to be butchered, he-hee!

And since that is the ONLY way it could possibly turn out... we should all put our tools up and go inside. Bah.

Just like anything else that's done, it can be done right or wrong. "Foolish," in most cases, is hardly an applicable word for something done right.

Kenneth

cali_surfer · 08-01-2002, 09:10 PM

Maybe I'm by myself on this one, but I totally disagree with you guys. I cut my dash for the CD player almost immediately after I bought it. I can't see saving something like that for an item that doesn't even exist anymore. I never heard anyone say "yeah, how do you like my *****in am radio?" I know they make the cd controllers that fit in the existing holes, but that seems like such a hassle. It's 2002. But I'm "new school" and like to modify stuff to MY liking..... dont care what anyone else thinks. Case in point..... my flames

wnc mountain · 08-01-2002, 09:10 PM

looks great....not

don't try this at home boys and girls.

woodrow59 · 08-01-2002, 09:13 PM

OK ,,,,,, where's my prize money ??????? LOL

Yeah that's mine and NO ,,,,,, I DID NOT DO IT !!!!!!! Was like that when I bought it. But hey ,,,,, $500 for a '68 longhorn, I wasn't lookin' for perfection.

Hopefully soon I will get it fixed. Still trying to figure out how to do it without cutting and welding. Any ideas from the voters in this contest would be greatly appreciated.

Oh yeah,,,,,,, where can I pick up my prize money ??? LOLOL

EJ · 08-01-2002, 09:16 PM

Don't worry woodrow59 your not the only one with a dash like that. Mine could give yours a run for the money im sure lol.

RodC · 08-01-2002, 09:22 PM

I would cut out a plate of alum that would even surround the ash tray. Looks like the top bar of it is missing also. Cover it with some of that sticker material that looks like carbon fiber?

You may be able to get a thin sheet of plywood and cover it like you see on the inside of door panels.

Good luck...

woodrow59 · 08-01-2002, 09:23 PM

Oh ,,,,,, I did make one minor improvement. I put in the cup holder (a.k.a. beer can holder) . The dash had so many holes in it I thought I should put one to good use !!!!!!! LOLOL

**68SWB4x4** · 08-01-2002, 09:24 PM

god talk about a HACKJOB whoever did that should be punished...

woodrow59 · 08-01-2002, 09:27 PM

Hey Rod ,,,,,, was thinking along those lines. Maybe something in wood since it has a woodgrain glovebox door and I can get a woodgrain instrument cluster. Maybe make it the same shape as the glovebox door and instrument cluster ,,,, only upside down !!

paintpyro · 08-01-2002, 09:32 PM

Looks like mine. No, I didnt do it either. But I will weld in a patch panel, and guess what, I'll cut it again, the right way. Anyone got a problem with it? Come by it for $40,000. I mean how many 70 short steps can be out there???

EJ · 08-01-2002, 09:45 PM

Ok, think yours is worse but take a look at this. BTW this was done by my Dad! I will admit the truck is a POS but really !?!?

ebfabman · 08-01-2002, 09:48 PM

2nd place ^

woodrow59 · 08-01-2002, 09:57 PM

At least he didn't cut all the way to the ashtray !!!!! LOL

And photoglg ,,,,,,, I think the former owner was a smoker ,,,, but he didn't get his smokes at the store !!!!!! LOLOL

08-01-2002, 06:28 PM	#1
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,489	Most beautiful dash award goes to...... this one, I think............. Attached Images

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Low67C10 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 66	Now thats what i would call a quality install __________________ No, Its not a 454

08-01-2002, 06:43 PM	#4
bigvinnie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: escondido, ca 92026 Posts: 1,222	chainsaw massacre... someone went thru a lot of trouble to make it look like that... __________________ '72 short step, 350, 700R4, tilt, ps, pdb, a/c, lowered coils, etc., other work in progress... San Diego, CA 72 Stepside Project Last edited by bigvinnie; 08-01-2002 at 06:45 PM.

08-01-2002, 06:49 PM	#5
photoglg Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 143	A smoker. Must have got in the eyes then the cutting started. __________________ 1969 GMC S/B S/S 3" drop

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JJ Lurking Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Forest Grove, OR USA Posts: 196	My brother in law was looking at that picture, his response was classic, "What's wrong with it?" __________________ JJ 72 GMC 1500 350 4 Speed, stone stock baby!!!!! 72 GMC K-2500 350TPI 700R4 For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.

08-01-2002, 06:35 PM	#3
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	See guys, this is what happens when you cut your dash!!!!!!

08-01-2002, 07:22 PM	#7
RON WOODGEARD Resident Young Old Dude ! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 1,948	I really feel for the guy!!!!!!!! I'm debating on how to mount my BLAUPUNKT in my new dash .... Now most of you probably know what the SAN FRANSISCO cost. I made a special aluminum front plate for it in the dash I have now BUT I'm going to install an AIR dash in it and it has never been butchered, I'm having a nervous breakdown trying to figure out how to do it or if I want to do it. What does it matter it's MY truck and whatever I do to it is making me happy, RIGHT? but it's a beautiful NEVADA rust free dash that I want to replace the old one with and it's never been thrashed, but without cutting on it my BLAUPUNKT will not go in. OOHHH hell,,,,, there it goes again another night without sleep :p RON

08-01-2002, 07:33 PM	#8
my67c20 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tucson AZ by way of WI & CA Posts: 509	Hey who gave you a picture of my dash? I bet it was the clown who sold me the truck. Have been enjoying reading the posts about cutting the dash hoping to get some creative way to fix mine. Bottom line don't cut if you don't have the means to repair. A hack job is a hack job.

08-01-2002, 07:59 PM	#9
barn9 Half a bubble off! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Winfield, Ks, USA Posts: 5,588	That pic shows exactly how foolish it is to cut up a classic dash. Ron, check out Custom Autosound, I have one and they are great, and no cutting! Put the blaupunkt in something that deserves to be butchered, he-hee! __________________ Just call me LB. '71 Cheyenne, 402BB, hauls blondes, brunettes, or redheads.

08-01-2002, 08:09 PM	#10
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08-01-2002, 08:42 PM	#11
kenele Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Vaugh, WA Posts: 191	All that for a cassette player??? sounds like a bitter Ford owner to me.

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08-01-2002, 09:10 PM	#14
cali_surfer Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Chico, CA Posts: 1,136	Maybe I'm by myself on this one, but I totally disagree with you guys. I cut my dash for the CD player almost immediately after I bought it. I can't see saving something like that for an item that doesn't even exist anymore. I never heard anyone say "yeah, how do you like my *****in am radio?" I know they make the cd controllers that fit in the existing holes, but that seems like such a hassle. It's 2002. But I'm "new school" and like to modify stuff to MY liking..... dont care what anyone else thinks. Case in point..... my flames __________________ My engine is stock... trust me ;o)

08-01-2002, 09:10 PM	#15
wnc mountain More hobbies than money! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Raleigh, nc, usa Posts: 655	looks great....not don't try this at home boys and girls. __________________ '70 cst10/swb 350, 3 on the tree, factory buckets. '70 GMC lwb 350/350 ps,pb '72 c-10 lwb 350/350 a/c, ps, pb '72 Blazer project

08-01-2002, 09:13 PM	#16
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	OK ,,,,,, where's my prize money ??????? LOL Yeah that's mine and NO ,,,,,, I DID NOT DO IT !!!!!!! Was like that when I bought it. But hey ,,,,, $500 for a '68 longhorn, I wasn't lookin' for perfection. Hopefully soon I will get it fixed. Still trying to figure out how to do it without cutting and welding. Any ideas from the voters in this contest would be greatly appreciated. Oh yeah,,,,,,, where can I pick up my prize money ??? LOLOL __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)



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08-01-2002, 09:16 PM	#17
EJ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: El Dorado Springs, MO Posts: 227	Don't worry woodrow59 your not the only one with a dash like that. Mine could give yours a run for the money im sure lol.

08-01-2002, 09:22 PM	#18
RodC Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Fairmont WV Posts: 304	I would cut out a plate of alum that would even surround the ash tray. Looks like the top bar of it is missing also. Cover it with some of that sticker material that looks like carbon fiber? You may be able to get a thin sheet of plywood and cover it like you see on the inside of door panels. Good luck... __________________ Rod Childers '71 C10 Stepside

08-01-2002, 09:23 PM	#19
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	Oh ,,,,,, I did make one minor improvement. I put in the cup holder (a.k.a. beer can holder) . The dash had so many holes in it I thought I should put one to good use !!!!!!! LOLOL __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)

08-01-2002, 09:24 PM	#20
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08-01-2002, 09:27 PM	#21
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	Hey Rod ,,,,,, was thinking along those lines. Maybe something in wood since it has a woodgrain glovebox door and I can get a woodgrain instrument cluster. Maybe make it the same shape as the glovebox door and instrument cluster ,,,, only upside down !! __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)

08-01-2002, 09:32 PM	#22
paintpyro Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA,USA Posts: 1,579	Looks like mine. No, I didnt do it either. But I will weld in a patch panel, and guess what, I'll cut it again, the right way. Anyone got a problem with it? Come by it for $40,000. I mean how many 70 short steps can be out there??? __________________ 70 shortbed stepside "Schleprock" 350 w/TH400 rallys and BFGs -We can rebuild it, we have the technology-lower,shinier,faster

08-01-2002, 09:45 PM	#23
EJ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: El Dorado Springs, MO Posts: 227	Ok, think yours is worse but take a look at this. BTW this was done by my Dad! I will admit the truck is a POS but really !?!? Attached Images

08-01-2002, 09:48 PM	#24
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,489	2nd place ^

08-01-2002, 09:57 PM	#25
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	At least he didn't cut all the way to the ashtray !!!!! LOL And photoglg ,,,,,,, I think the former owner was a smoker ,,,, but he didn't get his smokes at the store !!!!!! LOLOL __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)

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