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blackwidow67 Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2004 Posts: 27 Location: mount pleasant nc
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:56 am Post subject: Oval dash in a late bug |
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was wondering about puting a oval dash in my 73 any sugestions
ideas will it even work |
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Wiggy Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2003 Posts: 6601 Location: Downingtown, PA
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah...don't. Are you going to replace the windows/fenders, etc too? Thats a ton of work to put into a 73 (no offense). You could buy a decent oval for a reasonable amount with alot less work. _________________ Kevin "Wiggy"
My 58 Ghia Vert
My 51 Split 11G
My 57 Deluxe
My 56 Oval |
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rizzag Now Wut?
Joined: April 19, 2001 Posts: 3116 Location: Keizer, OR
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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i know even from oval to 58 dashs have mojor differences around the bottom of the windshield and the lower area where it wraps under.
oh ya and dont do it! _________________ flossin, tossin, dippin, and trippin |
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56_in_714 Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2003 Posts: 977 Location: Santa Ana
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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Oval owners have a hard enough time finding replacement because the PO hacked up the original to put in a new style stereo. Talking from personal experience. oh, dont do it... |
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6.90 bug Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2004 Posts: 54
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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what are you trying to accomplish by putting the dash in there? |
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doubledoor64 Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2003 Posts: 1073 Location: Ideeho
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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its really not worth the effort. you can pull it off but why not just get an oval a 73 is a whole different car its a fatchick it will never look like a real oval |
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Kubel Nick Samba Member
Joined: August 12, 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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The hard part is the oval dash ashtray area is twice as wide (has a gradual curve) as the later '58 and newer bugs (more boxy box). To do this right you pretty much have to cut teh entire bottom of the dash up to the firewall.
But once you do get it in right, it just won't look right IMO. I'm not a purist in any sense of the word, but I'm a design freak. An oval dash just won't look right in your bug. Would be like putting a Model A dash in a Ford Escort, any way you put it it just won't look correct...
Here's my dash I made. There's other better ways if you want a custom dash to give you ideas...
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