Dash pad change questions, '72 car
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Dash pad change questions, '72 car
I was looking at a wrecked ~'75 car yesterday, and it looks like the top dash pad, the two vertical dash pads and the center instrument pod are all just sort of holding each other together, with no real under frame, like a C1 has.
Is that basically correct?
It looks like about 5-6 screws along the underside of the top pad are all that need to be undone to change the top pad, other than maybe removing the passenger side vertical pad first, to get to the screw behind the center pod?
Thanks,
Doug
Is that basically correct?
It looks like about 5-6 screws along the underside of the top pad are all that need to be undone to change the top pad, other than maybe removing the passenger side vertical pad first, to get to the screw behind the center pod?
Thanks,
Doug
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That's pretty much it. There are 3 screws on the top side of each vertical panel. Another in the center cluster. Not much room to disconnect the radio speaker on the driver side if you leave the instrument panel in place. You'll need to remove the windshield pillar trim pads as well so you can lift the pad a bit. To clear the pillars, you may need to warp the pad a bit by pushing the ends inward or lifting the center. Bend as little as possible, these are old pads, crack easily.
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Hi Doug,
The outer sides of the left and right dash pads each have 2 screws that mount them to the hinge pillars, firmly stabilizing that side of the pads.
The upper pad has clips along it's front edge that fasten to a wide lip on the bottom of the windshield frame and a single brace near the center of the pad.
The center gauge cluster mounts solidly to the shifter console with 2 threaded studs and nuts, (they're a bear to get to), and 1 screw into the upper pad. There are also 2 screws on each side of the bezel that fasten to the left and right pads.
It really becomes very solid, BUT, as you start to take out screws it begins to be a 'house of cards' pretty quickly.
You're right in realizing how different the 68 up dashes are from earlier cars.
Regards,
Alan
The outer sides of the left and right dash pads each have 2 screws that mount them to the hinge pillars, firmly stabilizing that side of the pads.
The upper pad has clips along it's front edge that fasten to a wide lip on the bottom of the windshield frame and a single brace near the center of the pad.
The center gauge cluster mounts solidly to the shifter console with 2 threaded studs and nuts, (they're a bear to get to), and 1 screw into the upper pad. There are also 2 screws on each side of the bezel that fasten to the left and right pads.
It really becomes very solid, BUT, as you start to take out screws it begins to be a 'house of cards' pretty quickly.
You're right in realizing how different the 68 up dashes are from earlier cars.
Regards,
Alan
