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Hi, I have a 73 F-100, and i have seen people put older dashes such as the dash from a 67-72, and i have seen some with the newer 80-86 style, so i was wondering how hard is it to take the whole dash assembly out of an 80-86 and put it in my 73. to specify i mean the whole assembly, pad, cluster, glove box, the metal back. would i need the steer column out of one, as well
It is easy to take either out, but what a PITA IMO to put/make a newer (80-86) one work in an older (73-79) truck. I'd leave well enough alone.
Over all mount and fit differences, a/c and heater box possible fire wall differences, wiring connections, pedals, yes you would need to swap the steering column...well I am pretty sure anyway.
I have to ask, why in the world would you even want to try it? That 80's and up dash is fuggly.
Why do you NOT like the 73-79 design? Maybe telling us what you do NOT like about it, and we can give you some easy improvement ideas and save you a ton of hard work.
Really i was just wondering how hard it would be or if anyone has already done it, personally i like the 73-79 dash, just wondering what else you could do.
On the same subject how hard would it be to put the older 67-72 dash in
Zark-eh, what does it take to put a radio like that in one of these trucks?
Oh, I dremeled the original piece and bent it. Then drilled holes to screw the radio into it. The DIN is a little to far to the right and am contemplating adding another piece to remove the left side you see in the picture. But that's for another summer day.
edit: You can see the original hole the two post radio used to go in the picture as well.
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78&79 f250, is that white gauge original or is it an aftermarket thing, ive seen the white face inserts, but not like that, i been thinking about going with the white dash look.
I do believe it is not white, but just looks white in the pic. I'd bet it really is factory silver. Not my truck in the pic, but a fellow FTE members, I just save pics that show details.
You know you can take the instrument cluster out and apart very easily and paint it what ever color you want...I was goofing around with some red paint one day after taking to many shots of Jagermeister in the shop. lol
Do not drink and wrench it's known to cause bad ideas and unplanned pregnancies. lol
No worries as far as that idea got was the work bench, then is got trash canned along with the empty bottle of Jager.. lol
Here is what you might have to trim off, as long as you new stereo fact plate will cover it in the 1st place before the trim job, if not, its time to find a bigger face plate?
Better to have to much face plate and trim down, cause you can not stretch it to fit. lol
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