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shane427 · 06-01-2002, 01:46 PM

Need to know how the dash is attached to the cab...Is it bolted on...welded and bolted or just welded. Also how much work is involved in replacing it. I just inhereted a truck that the prev. owner cut the ashtray and stereo location out of the dash...

What a crime

Brian19692 · 06-01-2002, 02:03 PM

It is bolted and welded but not that hard to change. There are a few bolts along the sides(3 on each side if I remember right). The easiest way is to cut underneath the dash pad and weld new one in.

imaindianoutlaw · 06-01-2002, 02:42 PM

Y not weld a patch panel in the radio section from another truck? plenty of us have some laying around?

woodrow59 · 06-01-2002, 03:05 PM

please tell me more about these patch panels,,,,,,i have the same problem as shane. Do you just cut them out of another dash or are they special made???

shane427 · 06-01-2002, 09:13 PM

I would put a patch panel in it's place but there is more damage to the dash sheetmetal than it's worth. Lots of "custom" buttons, switches and the like that used to control something but now they are just an eyesore. Thanks for the info on where to look when cutting out the dash.

Blue_71 · 06-01-2002, 11:27 PM

anything like this one that was in my 4x4?

woodrow59 · 06-02-2002, 05:54 PM

here's mine,,,,,
thought about making something out of wood to match the woodgrain on the glovebox,,,,,maybe in the shape of the glovebox door (only smaller of course) but turned upside down. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciatted.

Longhorn Man · 06-02-2002, 05:58 PM

Ouch...that's just sick.
I see your key comes out when it shouldn't oo huh?
I kinda like it like that myself. All 3 vehicles I own are like that.

woodrow59 · 06-02-2002, 06:12 PM

actually the key was in it when i took this pic. hadn't notice that you can't see it. Good golly,,,,,my key must be a ghost !!!!!! LOL

06-01-2002, 01:46 PM	#1
shane427 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sonora, CA Posts: 5	Dash removal question Need to know how the dash is attached to the cab...Is it bolted on...welded and bolted or just welded. Also how much work is involved in replacing it. I just inhereted a truck that the prev. owner cut the ashtray and stereo location out of the dash... What a crime __________________ 69 C-10 Short Fleet 68 C-20 Long Fleet ...and more on the way Last edited by shane427; 06-01-2002 at 09:09 PM.

06-01-2002, 02:03 PM	#2
Brian19692 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA. Posts: 188	It is bolted and welded but not that hard to change. There are a few bolts along the sides(3 on each side if I remember right). The easiest way is to cut underneath the dash pad and weld new one in. __________________ 67 short 2wd. FOR SALE 69 long box w/72 grill 69 Camaro 327 4-speed Des Moines, Iowa

06-01-2002, 02:42 PM	#3
imaindianoutlaw GMC SHORT FLEET F/S Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANNIA Posts: 2,117	Y not weld a patch panel in the radio section from another truck? plenty of us have some laying around? __________________ CHARLES WADE HEIN HVACR FOREMAN. LEWISBURG U.S.P.

06-01-2002, 03:05 PM	#4
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	please tell me more about these patch panels,,,,,,i have the same problem as shane. Do you just cut them out of another dash or are they special made??? __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)

06-01-2002, 09:13 PM	#5
shane427 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sonora, CA Posts: 5	I would put a patch panel in it's place but there is more damage to the dash sheetmetal than it's worth. Lots of "custom" buttons, switches and the like that used to control something but now they are just an eyesore. Thanks for the info on where to look when cutting out the dash. __________________ 69 C-10 Short Fleet 68 C-20 Long Fleet ...and more on the way

06-02-2002, 05:54 PM	#7
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	here's mine,,,,, thought about making something out of wood to match the woodgrain on the glovebox,,,,,maybe in the shape of the glovebox door (only smaller of course) but turned upside down. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciatted. Attached Images __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)

06-02-2002, 05:58 PM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Ouch...that's just sick. I see your key comes out when it shouldn't oo huh? I kinda like it like that myself. All 3 vehicles I own are like that.

06-02-2002, 06:12 PM	#9
woodrow59 OzarkHillbilly in Atlanta Join Date: May 2002 Location: Douglasville, Ga. Salem, Mo. Posts: 386	actually the key was in it when i took this pic. hadn't notice that you can't see it. Good golly,,,,,my key must be a ghost !!!!!! LOL __________________ 72 custom/10 LWB 68 Longhorn C20 Custom Camper (sold)



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