Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Hazieview · 01-13-2011, 03:28 AM

Someone may have already posted this but I just found them.

I figured if they are flat on the back it would be way easier to put gauges behind this bezel than a stock one. then again how would you connet them?

They have them for 6" tach and speedoes as well. Anyone bought one of these yet?

http://www.classicdash.com/shopping/...out-Wiper.html

Molded UV resistant ABS center dash panel with a Black
Finish will replace the stock unit exactly.. The drilled hole sizes are 3 3/8
Speedo and Tach and 4 Gauge Holes - 2
1/16 inch.

Details

SKU 130-73-80921
Price: $259.95

Hazieview · 01-13-2011, 03:30 AM

They even have blanks so you can do your gauges any way you want. I think that is pretty cool!

kennyhammond · 01-13-2011, 06:45 AM

thats kool i am also wandering if it is easier to convert guages to fit than a stock dash?

Pop's C-10 · 01-13-2011, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyhammond

thats kool i am also wandering if it is easier to convert guages to fit than a stock dash?

2 of tha ways

post 1882-1885
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...345612&page=76

http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/inte...s_recessed.htm

bigblock73 · 01-13-2011, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyhammond

thats kool i am also wandering if it is easier to convert guages to fit than a stock dash?

It would be cheaper than forking out $260 for the bezel linked above, then the additional $500 or so for quality gauges.

allengator · 01-13-2011, 10:24 AM

pretty cool... good option if need to replace your bezel anyway, especially if converting to a 700r4 without a mech speedometer...

chevy_mike · 01-13-2011, 12:08 PM

I have been thinking about these but they are made by Covan's and based on other models I have seen and people I personally talked to, who have ones (not the 73-87 models), they are kind of cheap, thin plastic and question how long they will last. The ones I have seen, they are definitely not the thick GM quality type plastic.

So the big question, does anyone here have one for the 73-87 trucks? Opinions?

jitteryguy · 01-13-2011, 02:19 PM

I look'd at these for my '78 Malibu, there price's are crazy ! the idea is cool but no way worth the cost.

Space Truckin' · 01-14-2011, 11:06 PM

Yeah especially when LMC's are $150 a pop.

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/full.aspx?Page=110

Although that blank one would be nice to do my touchscreen dash idea!

01-13-2011, 03:28 AM	#1
Hazieview Building Dreams out of Dimes! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bonham, Tx Posts: 892	Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! Someone may have already posted this but I just found them. I figured if they are flat on the back it would be way easier to put gauges behind this bezel than a stock one. then again how would you connet them? They have them for 6" tach and speedoes as well. Anyone bought one of these yet? http://www.classicdash.com/shopping/...out-Wiper.html Molded UV resistant ABS center dash panel with a Black Finish will replace the stock unit exactly.. The drilled hole sizes are 3 3/8 Speedo and Tach and 4 Gauge Holes - 2 1/16 inch. Details SKU 130-73-80921 Price: $259.95 Last edited by Hazieview; 01-13-2011 at 03:37 AM.

01-13-2011, 03:30 AM	#2
Hazieview Building Dreams out of Dimes! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bonham, Tx Posts: 892	Re: Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! They even have blanks so you can do your gauges any way you want. I think that is pretty cool!

01-13-2011, 06:45 AM	#3
kennyhammond Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 256	Re: Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! thats kool i am also wandering if it is easier to convert guages to fit than a stock dash?

01-13-2011, 10:24 AM	#6
allengator Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Burleson, Texas Posts: 596	Re: Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! pretty cool... good option if need to replace your bezel anyway, especially if converting to a 700r4 without a mech speedometer... __________________ Allengator Outta the Blue (my band - available for hire in the DFW area!) 1980 Chevy SWB Pickup (build thread) 1951 Chevy Sedan Delivery 2004 Chevy Tahoe Z71 2011 Harley Davidson Street Glide 2018 Silverado Z71 Crew Cab

01-13-2011, 12:08 PM	#7
chevy_mike Never Ending Projects Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,836	Re: Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! I have been thinking about these but they are made by Covan's and based on other models I have seen and people I personally talked to, who have ones (not the 73-87 models), they are kind of cheap, thin plastic and question how long they will last. The ones I have seen, they are definitely not the thick GM quality type plastic. So the big question, does anyone here have one for the 73-87 trucks? Opinions? __________________ . 1965 C10 Panel, Tiki Express http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=506580 SOLD 1968 Chevy C10, Long, Fleetside, Hot Rod Hauler http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=313233 SOLD 1965 Chevy C10, Long, Fleetside, Hot Rod C10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=415702 SOLD We were given two ears and one mouth for a reason... listen twice as much and speak half as often...

01-13-2011, 02:19 PM	#8
jitteryguy GoatLube Experss Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: clarksville, Tn. Posts: 1,337	Re: Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! I look'd at these for my '78 Malibu, there price's are crazy ! the idea is cool but no way worth the cost. __________________ *Goat Lube Express*, locations in Qalat,Afghanistan & Clarksville, Tn. '87 R30 dually 454/TH400 '85 1/2 ton CCSB '92 S10 350/350 '84 MonteCarlo 383/PG/9"ford '78 Malibu wagon 350/350 '78 Cutlass (project family car) '96 S10 Jimmy (Moma's)

01-14-2011, 11:06 PM	#9
Space Truckin' Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 27	Re: Custom dash panel. Looks easier to use if you want to install new gauges! Yeah especially when LMC's are $150 a pop. http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/full.aspx?Page=110 Although that blank one would be nice to do my touchscreen dash idea! __________________ '91 Burb, Fuelly, The Caddyshack '85 3+3 Duelly, Guzzler, Hank the Tank Last edited by Space Truckin'; 01-14-2011 at 11:13 PM.

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