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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 05:36 PM
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did all 1972 ford f100 custom pickups come with a dash pad? mine does not have one and i want to know if it came from the factory like that.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 06:16 PM
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I belive they all did have covers but I could be wrong. You could pull out the glove box liner and see if there is scratch marks where the nuts whould have been on the studs out of the backside of the pad. Is there no holes at all on the top of the bare dash?

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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 07:04 PM
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yes, there are holes on top of the bare metal dash. there are rubber plugs in the holes on the upper front of the dash. there are no plugs on the top of the dash.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 07:41 PM
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When I took mine off it left a residue of some of the foam. Are there any signs that a dash was once there? I think that's odd, but if it was a gov. vehicle, or something like that, then maybe. But I think by '70 federal safety regs. required a padded dash board. I know truck safety rules are different, but I know the cars had padded dashes by the early '60s or so (maybe earlier). Sometimes the truck regs. lag behind, so I don't know for sure. Just speculating.
 

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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 08:18 PM
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My '67 had a padded dash. Stripped and filled and painted it, with a 50's Kool Tuck & Roll piece for the center over the old speaker grille. I like the look of painted over padded.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 08:06 AM
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I took the nasty old pad off my 67 and really like the look of the bare metal (notwithstanding the holes). There's a photo in my gallery.
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Old Apr 2, 2003 | 07:37 PM
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The heavier fords (F450-up)with the f-series cabs from 67-79 used the 67-72 metal dash panel but these didn't have the holes on top. Make a good swap if you have the time.

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