Console plates
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Console plates
So here is my dilemma. My wide body car is a 1970 but has a 77 dash and adapted 77 wiring harness along with the javelina Corp digital gauges which I believe is why it had an adapted wiring harness for the dash and engine harness. What I am trying to do is figure out if I can put the 70 console plate and e brake housing with the 77 console instrument cluster or does only the 77 console plate mate up to the console instrument cluster. Thanks in advance.
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I'm not sure you can do what you want to do, but the 77 left and right dash pads were essentially the same as the 69-76 pads. The big change for 77 was not the pads but the new style center cluster and plastic shifter console. The lower front corners of the 77 cluster bezel are designed to fill the gap the new bezel left at the ends of the older style dash pads. The plastic bezel has no lower mounting studs used by the 68-76 style bezels.
You might want to consider using a 68-76 metal center cluster bezel.
You might want to consider using a 68-76 metal center cluster bezel.
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Unfortunately my dash is apart and out of the car while I work on this horrible hack job of wiring. I may just have to get a lower console and hope they will mate up. I can send pictures of my console and cluster if that would help.
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