67-68 F-body dash ideas?

[ricer]

I am thinking about cutting out my dash (from D-side door to just before the middle section). What i was tossing around was designing a dash similar to the 69 just on a smaller (not as wide) scale.

My only issue that i haven't figured out yet was how to attach it. Weld in or make it removable or make just the gauge section removable to access the wires/etc.

Anyone ever design something different, or have any other ideas on possible layouts?

[ricer]

no one? everybody uses the standard gauges i guess. :(

[Flash68]

no one? everybody uses the standard gauges i guess. :(

A quick post search revealed this and many others:

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showpost.php4?p=434890&postcount=1

[Flash68]

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showpost.php4?p=431328&postcount=2

[ricer]

i must not have been searching the right stuff b/c when i did it nothing came up.

[Sparks67]

I am thinking about cutting out my dash (from D-side door to just before the middle section). What i was tossing around was designing a dash similar to the 69 just on a smaller (not as wide) scale.

My only issue that i haven't figured out yet was how to attach it. Weld in or make it removable or make just the gauge section removable to access the wires/etc.

Anyone ever design something different, or have any other ideas on possible layouts?

Well, you can make the 67-68 dash work. Just takes a little planning, but lot of cutting and redoing. It took us around 5 months to make the dash out of metal and lead on my 1967 Camaro. A shop will do a rendering, and then make it. Although, mine was done out of the garage. So, no rendering was used. I did look at other 67-68 Camaros to get ideas, and new car designs as well. I decided that it would be best to develop my own design on my needs.

The problem is with the angle of the dash on the 1967-68 Camaros, but I think it is rather unique as compared to a 69 Dash. If I wanted a 1969 Camaro, then I would bought one. I still kept the dash gauge cluster, but went with some custom gauges from New Vintage USA. http://www.newvintageusa.com/1968.html There are plenty of companies that make custom gauges, but I had New Vintage modify one of their designs for me. The photos won't be posted until after the car is done.

Jeff

[ricer]

I think i am just going to cut up some paper and make something similar to the 69 style dash. I like to have the flat surface and gauges running across rather than stacked up like an OE dash.

I figured if i can make something in the step fashion like the 69 and move all the lights/switches/etc down the the bottom. Basically mimic'ing the DSE dash on a smaller scale. I am going to be making a center console that runs up to the top of the dash so i am not worried about it matching the center completely. SImilar to what MOABDUDE did (http://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=31999&page=2)