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Old Nov 8, 2025 | 06:50 AM
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Do they fabricate dashboards

1950 f1 truck and it doesn’t seem original but I don’t see any joints. Do they fabricate the entire cab? I have looked online and can’t seem to find anything.



 
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The whole section between the glove box and gauges has been reworked/customized. New section likely welded in to cover stock holes for radio/speaker where your cup holder is located and control ***** toward the bottom..
 
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Yup, there would have been a speaker opening, the radio opening, and an ashtray. Here's some shots of mine from way back, shortly after I got the truck. You can see where someone used a smoke wrench to open up the radio spot.



 

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