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Old 12-30-2005, 01:20 PM   #60
Frizzle Fry
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Re: cutting the dash

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Originally Posted by Chrome8
I have a vision for you guys...how about a GM touch screen nav system? I want to remove the ashtray. Cut a big chunk out as wide as the indent on the factory location and weld in a filler panel smooth it all out....cut it again to the size needed for the nav. Install the radio with stuff from the junkyard and fabed. Polished trim ring all the way around the radio with allen bolts countersunk. XM and gps pucks where the stock speaker would go under the dash. Should work through the windshield. Anyone done a double din size?
I guess I am in two camps. I like the nostalgic look with unseen technology, and I also like ultra-modified stuff. The first style is what I'm doing with my Burb, thus my previous post. The second is where I'm taking the '61. It's smoothed and I'm going to put an LCD in there. It has to be one extreme or the other for me. Here's the '61 dash:

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