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monte0185 · 03-10-2009, 07:39 PM

Well since the PO cut the radio out on my dash I was considering just smoothing the whole thing since all my heating stuff is gone might as well take the controls out also. I did a search and came across some custom dashes but I was really looking for some smoothed ones. Im still gonna keep my guages and glove box. Or if you have other suggestions thats good too.
Thanks,
Terry J.

bw4sale · 03-10-2009, 07:48 PM

I've seen some cool smoothed dashes. You could also find a good uncut dash to graft in. Someone on here was putting an Edsel dash in their truck. It was really cool.

monte0185 · 03-10-2009, 07:57 PM

The edsel dash and the impala dash are great ones!! I wish I had half that kind of talent. I thought about grafting in an good dash but that would mean cutting up another perfectly good one which would be a shame. Now I could smooth this one and it would go along with the rest of the smoothed truck was kinda my thought. But hey like i said Im open to suggestions.

bw4sale · 03-10-2009, 08:11 PM

I sold an uncut complete dash not long ago. I had taken it out of a cab that was shot. I've got another one that I'm going to take out of another shot cab if I ever get the time. If the cab is shot I see it as saving a nice dash rather than hacking up something.

monte0185 · 03-10-2009, 08:30 PM

Let me know when you get it out. I may be interested.

SCOTI · 03-11-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by bw4sale

I sold an uncut complete dash not long ago. I had taken it out of a cab that was shot. I've got another one that I'm going to take out of another shot cab if I ever get the time. If the cab is shot I see it as saving a nice dash rather than hacking up something.

Where did you make the cuts along the pillars when removing the dash from the 'donor' truck so that it could be re-used? I smoothed mine years ago. It has the opening for a stock cluster, a DIN sized CD player hole where the radio was (in the factory recess), & the stock glove box; everything else is gone.

I'm updating things & will be swapping in an uncut a/c dash but want to get mine out the best way possible so that whoever gets it has an easy install.

jbristo67 · 03-11-2009, 01:36 AM

I just drilled out the spot welds and replaced the whole dash with an AC dash. I know where a bunch of ac dashes are let me know if you want one

bw4sale · 03-11-2009, 09:30 AM

Yeah, I just unbolted it from the sides then drilled out like 30 something spot welds from the windshield lip. It was a complete dash. I'm planning on doing that same thing with the next one. That way whoever gets it can use it however they want.

SCOTI · 03-11-2009, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bw4sale

Yeah, I just unbolted it from the sides then drilled out like 30 something spot welds from the windshield lip. It was a complete dash. I'm planning on doing that same thing with the next one. That way whoever gets it can use it however they want.

Hhmm. I just cut mine along the slotted lines that are hidden under the dash pad. I figured you have to weld it back in anyway. Cutting it across seemed like less work vs drilling the spot welds.

*b-rad* · 03-11-2009, 11:50 AM

i can get u a ac dash for a $100 plus shipping

03-10-2009, 07:39 PM	#1
monte0185 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brighton, TN Posts: 1,267	Smoothed Dash Panels Well since the PO cut the radio out on my dash I was considering just smoothing the whole thing since all my heating stuff is gone might as well take the controls out also. I did a search and came across some custom dashes but I was really looking for some smoothed ones. Im still gonna keep my guages and glove box. Or if you have other suggestions thats good too. Thanks, Terry J. Attached Images __________________ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the world together. Last edited by monte0185; 03-10-2009 at 07:40 PM.

03-10-2009, 07:48 PM	#2
bw4sale Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 1,528	Re: Smoothed Dash Panels I've seen some cool smoothed dashes. You could also find a good uncut dash to graft in. Someone on here was putting an Edsel dash in their truck. It was really cool. __________________ BRENT -'68 Stepside Project -'98 Z71 Daily Driver -Enough extra parts to build another truck and a half

03-10-2009, 07:57 PM	#3
monte0185 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brighton, TN Posts: 1,267	Re: Smoothed Dash Panels The edsel dash and the impala dash are great ones!! I wish I had half that kind of talent. I thought about grafting in an good dash but that would mean cutting up another perfectly good one which would be a shame. Now I could smooth this one and it would go along with the rest of the smoothed truck was kinda my thought. But hey like i said Im open to suggestions. __________________ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the world together.

03-10-2009, 08:11 PM	#4
bw4sale Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 1,528	Re: Smoothed Dash Panels I sold an uncut complete dash not long ago. I had taken it out of a cab that was shot. I've got another one that I'm going to take out of another shot cab if I ever get the time. If the cab is shot I see it as saving a nice dash rather than hacking up something. __________________ BRENT -'68 Stepside Project -'98 Z71 Daily Driver -Enough extra parts to build another truck and a half Last edited by bw4sale; 03-10-2009 at 08:11 PM.

03-10-2009, 08:30 PM	#5
monte0185 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brighton, TN Posts: 1,267	Re: Smoothed Dash Panels Let me know when you get it out. I may be interested. __________________ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the world together.

03-11-2009, 01:36 AM	#7
jbristo67 resident oilfield trash Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lubbock TX Posts: 1,465	Re: Smoothed Dash Panels I just drilled out the spot welds and replaced the whole dash with an AC dash. I know where a bunch of ac dashes are let me know if you want one __________________ 1967 SWB C10 396/400 factory air factory tach (sadly had to send to a new home) 1986 Honda 70 Fourtrax 1991 Chevrolet K5 blazer 2wd 1982 Mastercraft Pro Star 190 Stars and Stripes 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe 2011 Nissan Armada

03-11-2009, 09:30 AM	#8
bw4sale Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 1,528	Re: Smoothed Dash Panels Yeah, I just unbolted it from the sides then drilled out like 30 something spot welds from the windshield lip. It was a complete dash. I'm planning on doing that same thing with the next one. That way whoever gets it can use it however they want. __________________ BRENT -'68 Stepside Project -'98 Z71 Daily Driver -Enough extra parts to build another truck and a half

03-11-2009, 11:50 AM	#10
b-rad Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: FT STEWART GA Posts: 509	Re: Smoothed Dash Panels i can get u a ac dash for a $100 plus shipping



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