Glove Box Installation???
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Glove Box Installation???
Reworking most of my interior. I tried searching, but couldn't find any details. I did find out that it has to be installed from behind. Do I have to remove the dash in order to install the glove box? The old one was broken, so I smashed it to remove it, obviously the other one won't go in the same way. Any tips will be helpful. And if I have to remove the dash, how big of a job is it? I'm planning on installing a new radio as well and rewiring, so should I just remove the dash anyway? Thanks for all the help.
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From: lino lakes, mn
do you have air ? i just put a glove box into a 77 w/o air you can just push it through the opening carfully and mount it or yuo can push it by the heater and wiggle it by but it's 6 of one 1/2 dozen of the other as for the radio depending on it's size you can pull the gauge cluster and get it in that way or slide it through the glove box hole
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I bought one of the plastic glove boxes form JBG. I removed the glove box door and pushed it through the opening. The air conditioning didn't get in the way. In fact the ductwork helped hold it while I applied the original screws.
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In my 77 with air I pushed it (the cardboard one.. and NOS) through the opening and ripped it!!!!! so I had to start over, bought a new one and removed the AC vents under the dash and anything else (heater hose, etc.) that was in the way. It was a pain!
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Reworking most of my interior. I tried searching, but couldn't find any details. I did find out that it has to be installed from behind. Do I have to remove the dash in order to install the glove box? The old one was broken, so I smashed it to remove it, obviously the other one won't go in the same way. Any tips will be helpful. And if I have to remove the dash, how big of a job is it? I'm planning on installing a new radio as well and rewiring, so should I just remove the dash anyway? Thanks for all the help.
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My OEM was OK on sides and top, but the floor was not great, and had a hole. I made a carboard template fit the bottom as perfect as I could get it, then took a piece of the same carpet fibers bonded in a rubber base like used in my floor, etc ... cut to the template, it is about a perfect fit. Was gonna use thin luan plywood, but like this better. No holes, sturdy.
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My OEM was OK on sides and top, but the floor was not great, and had a hole. I made a carboard template fit the bottom as perfect as I could get it, then took a piece of the same carpet fibers bonded in a rubber base like used in my floor, etc ... cut to the template, it is about a perfect fit. Was gonna use thin luan plywood, but like this better. No holes, sturdy.
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I know that often the originals give up after being over stuffed or getting wet from a spill at the local "Curb Service Burger Doodle" (like when the server skates by in those slacks, maybe driver turns head, maybe date/wife smacks him playfully, and knocks her coke what was standing on the opened door over into glovebox on top of stuff) or the "Rocket Love Drive In Movie" theater(???), etc.
When I put buckets w armrests in from a Mercury Grand Marquis so many years ago, a 4" wide space was left between the seats (they touched each other when in the donor car), but it's like over 8" deep, over a foot long of "free space". I built a box of wood, matches the seat taper, bolts to the floor with 1 bolt, removable lid with hidden latch that is nothing more than a 1/4" pin, and included two SS cup holders. For years, just painted black but now covered with textured black vinyl. I have registration, insurance papers, owner manual, maintenance records, etc in it ... so none of that stuff has to be in the glove box. I might even have a map in there. Somebody opening my glove box might find a yellow see through pill bottle with quarters for a car wash, a couple drink straws, a little glass jar with extra fuses, a pair of thin leather gloves, a pencil and a good ink pen, a small note pad too, but not much else.
NO ketchup, mustard, or salt packets.
Any tissues, sanitizer, screw drivers, etc .... they have door pockets .... and there is behind seat storage too.
When I put buckets w armrests in from a Mercury Grand Marquis so many years ago, a 4" wide space was left between the seats (they touched each other when in the donor car), but it's like over 8" deep, over a foot long of "free space". I built a box of wood, matches the seat taper, bolts to the floor with 1 bolt, removable lid with hidden latch that is nothing more than a 1/4" pin, and included two SS cup holders. For years, just painted black but now covered with textured black vinyl. I have registration, insurance papers, owner manual, maintenance records, etc in it ... so none of that stuff has to be in the glove box. I might even have a map in there. Somebody opening my glove box might find a yellow see through pill bottle with quarters for a car wash, a couple drink straws, a little glass jar with extra fuses, a pair of thin leather gloves, a pencil and a good ink pen, a small note pad too, but not much else.
NO ketchup, mustard, or salt packets.
Any tissues, sanitizer, screw drivers, etc .... they have door pockets .... and there is behind seat storage too.
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Another option is to just buy a molded plastic one and save yourself the hassle. $37.
https://www.npdlink.com/product/glov...1973&year=1973
https://www.npdlink.com/product/glov...1973&year=1973
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