66 F100 dash
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Laughing Gas
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From: Thornton, Colorado
66 F100 dash
I have a question for the experts on the dashes of the basic version of the 66 F100. I had horrible looking hole in my dash. I got someone to weld it shut. Did all F100's have a hole for a radio, or were there smooth dashes from the factory?
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A radio is optional equipment and is added at the dealer. The 65/66 dash is stamped with a speaker mount and grill. 61 to 64 do not have this stamping.
Radios came with a template to drill the five holes necessary to mount it.
61 to 64 dashed were cut by the dealer for the speaker with whatever they had laying around. I have seen square punches and round punches. Whatever greenlee they had did the trick.
Garbz
Radios came with a template to drill the five holes necessary to mount it.
61 to 64 dashed were cut by the dealer for the speaker with whatever they had laying around. I have seen square punches and round punches. Whatever greenlee they had did the trick.
Garbz
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I too have a larger hole in my dash from an after-market radio/CD...I've seen a lot of trucks in the yards that had
no radios...especially if it was a County or City vehicle. I've got an original Ford radio I'd like to install but also need
to repair the hole and then cut the proper 3 holes....it's only AM radio, but the only thing worth listening to on the
airwaves these days is Rush anyways.
Jason
no radios...especially if it was a County or City vehicle. I've got an original Ford radio I'd like to install but also need
to repair the hole and then cut the proper 3 holes....it's only AM radio, but the only thing worth listening to on the
airwaves these days is Rush anyways.
Jason
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Laughing Gas
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From: Thornton, Colorado
These are the pre and Post pictures of the dash.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ictureid=62487
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ictureid=62486
The guy who did this for me only charged $50.00 for this.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ictureid=62487
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/p...ictureid=62486
The guy who did this for me only charged $50.00 for this.
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Looks nice and smooth now. Mine didn't come with a radio but has a bunch of small holes there. Don't custom cabs have a padded dash? Do you have one? If not they are a nice inexpensive upgrade.
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Padded dashes may have been an extra cost option, my 66 CustomCab has one but my 65 pictured above does not.
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Laughing Gas
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Mine isn't a custom cab, but it did have a torn up pad on it when I got it, and I am torn as whether to replace it. I had a 64 in the late 80's and I kinda liked the steel. I will figure that out later. For now I will stick with steel. I have a lot of body work to do, and several other things I put higher priorities on than that.
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Laughing Gas
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Great repair work; that was a HUGE whole; what did the P/O have in there; A old reel to reel tape deck?
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I have asked that question many times. I keep telling people the hole was cut by 2 drunk guys on a bad 3 day bender.
[/quote]I have asked that question many times. I keep telling people the hole was cut by 2 drunk guys on a bad 3 day bender.