The dash pad matrix...who makes the best?

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by pound41

Anyone know anything about the dash pad from The Parts Place.
Says its a GM restoration piece and licensed by GM

I looked at the Parts Place, I didn’t see where it said they were licensed by GM.
The other thing I noticed, they only had 1 blue and 1 red. That tells me that they don’t have the right colors for our trucks. That’s pretty much how LMC sells them. They have 1 generic color for the Blue and Red, when there are several shades of these colors according to the year of the truck.

[pound41]

Its on their Ebay listing. has a picture of the dash and offers more details that its a metal dash with foam over it and is a GM repo that is licensed by GM

THIS IS A NEW OEM REPLACEMENT COMPLETE BLUE DASH PAD, NOT AN OVERLAY. FITS 1973 / 1974 / 1975 / 1976 / 1977 AND 1978 CHEVY TRUCK AND GMC MODELS. YOU MUST REMOVE YOUR OLD DASH PAD TO INSTALL THIS NEW ONE. FOR TRUCKS WITH OR WITHOUT A/C. YOU MUST USE YOUR EXISTING TRIM PIECE THAT COMES OFF AND WILL BE A BLOCK OFF PLATE OR HAVE VENTS. IT IS BLUE IN COLOR MADE IN THE USA. IT IS A GM RESTORATION PART AND IS A REPRODUCTION LICENSED BY GM. THIS PAD RETAILS FOR OVER $400!!! GET THIS PAD AT A GREAT PRICE. SHIPS OVERSIZE UPS.

[TKCR]

Originally Posted by pound41

Its on their Ebay listing. has a picture of the dash and offers more details that its a metal dash with foam over it and is a GM repo that is licensed by GM

THIS IS A NEW OEM REPLACEMENT COMPLETE BLUE DASH PAD, NOT AN OVERLAY. FITS 1973 / 1974 / 1975 / 1976 / 1977 AND 1978 CHEVY TRUCK AND GMC MODELS. YOU MUST REMOVE YOUR OLD DASH PAD TO INSTALL THIS NEW ONE. FOR TRUCKS WITH OR WITHOUT A/C. YOU MUST USE YOUR EXISTING TRIM PIECE THAT COMES OFF AND WILL BE A BLOCK OFF PLATE OR HAVE VENTS. IT IS BLUE IN COLOR MADE IN THE USA. IT IS A GM RESTORATION PART AND IS A REPRODUCTION LICENSED BY GM. THIS PAD RETAILS FOR OVER $400!!! GET THIS PAD AT A GREAT PRICE. SHIPS OVERSIZE UPS.

I went and found it on EBay. They do have a better description on those. I have found that anytime a part says it’s a GM Licensed Reproduction, they are just like the stock parts. They have to meet the requirements of being reproduced with the original specs to say they are GM Licensed. I would say it’s worth it.
And I have gotten parts from The Parts Place in the past, and I have been happy with the quality. Although I have never gotten a dash pad from them.

[pound41]

If no one buys one before I get to that point in my build I will buy one. Restoring a 75 K10 Silverado
I have been working on my 71 Blazer. The section of the front pan that now has one that is GM licensed as GM Repo part is much better than the others. The parts guy I know said the GM Repo hood for squarebody is really nice. I plan to try one of those as well