dash swap?
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dash swap?
Ok - potentially dumb question: do the dashes in our trucks unbolt? Or are they welded in?
The reason I'm asking is that my rusty 63 is, well, pretty heavily rusted. As in it rusted, was patched by the po, rusted out again, was patched over by a welder my dad hired to fix it in the early 90s, and is rusted more again! I'm looking at HOURS to strip, cut out & repair the rust, as you all know doesn't souind like a lot of fun.
But I just found a local, surprisingly rust free 63 cab... with a trashed dash (hatchet job for a radio). My dash is fine...
So the point of this babble is how hard would it be to swap my existing dash into my "new" doner cab?
Thanks in advance for your constructive input.
And yes, I'll get some pics up next week.
-Paul & my Rusty 63
The reason I'm asking is that my rusty 63 is, well, pretty heavily rusted. As in it rusted, was patched by the po, rusted out again, was patched over by a welder my dad hired to fix it in the early 90s, and is rusted more again! I'm looking at HOURS to strip, cut out & repair the rust, as you all know doesn't souind like a lot of fun.
But I just found a local, surprisingly rust free 63 cab... with a trashed dash (hatchet job for a radio). My dash is fine...
So the point of this babble is how hard would it be to swap my existing dash into my "new" doner cab?
Thanks in advance for your constructive input.
And yes, I'll get some pics up next week.
-Paul & my Rusty 63
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Rusty, My 2 cents on that, I would continue looking for another truck or cab that could be used without having to piece it together.
Take your time looking, another 30/60/90 days aint gonna change the sun coming up in the morning. One will come to you.
I have often said that it takes 5 trucks to make 1 good one.
John
Take your time looking, another 30/60/90 days aint gonna change the sun coming up in the morning. One will come to you.
I have often said that it takes 5 trucks to make 1 good one.
John
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I have a whole upper cowl/dash section I cut out of a parts truck, and I also have a 66 f250 thats getting ready to be cut up if you find you are in need of patch panels. Both can be shipped relativly inexpensivly through greyhound bus.
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It is spot welded in, but the front of the dash panel is part of the lower pinch weld of the windshield. The easy way out would be to install a factory dash pad and cut it and graft it somewhere under the dash pad. Here is a link to the one I already have cut out of a truck. 61 62 63 64 65 66 ford truck dash cowl firewall panel : eBay Motors (item 380205035301 end time Mar-10-10 08:28:54 PST)
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wait, if it's just hacked at the stereo, couldn't you just patch that hole? or is it that the whole dash was messed up?
my $.02 would be to cut out from your dash what's bad on the new cab and patch that. unless it was cut to out like corner speakers or something, it shouldn't be too bad
my $.02 would be to cut out from your dash what's bad on the new cab and patch that. unless it was cut to out like corner speakers or something, it shouldn't be too bad
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