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my61rag
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 Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject: neep your opinion on my 56 dash |
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I am lookin at all my options, and just wanted to run it passed you guys. Would I get lots of people pissed of if I welded it all up and went with a smooth dash.l  Any suggestions will be considered.
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KILLERWATT
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Location: Vero Beach
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| Please don't do that. The Oval dash is the nicest of all the VW dashes. |
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steven wood
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Location: Virginia, NOT West Virginia!
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| It's your car but I wouldn't ruin it. I would never do anything I couldn't reverse and make back stock. |
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my61rag
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Location: Windsor, California (NOR-CAL)
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I totaly agree that the oval dash is the coolest. How can I get the center speaker hole back to stock?
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thebucket
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my61rag
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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here in the classifieds?
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RareAir
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| my61rag wrote: |
| How can I get the center speaker hole back to stock? |
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| buy an oval dash clip for sheetmetal patches. |
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| here in the classifieds? |
Yes. Or anywhere else that might have VW parts 4-sale.
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TDC Auto Parts
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:50 am Post subject: Don`t ruin it any more |
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Don`t ruin the ovel dash any more than it has been. If you cant find the speaker sheet metel then get an ovel 3 gage rally set and have a body shop fill in the grill area for the the gage set up you want to run!! Don`t do what I did to my ovel this was back in 1978 and we did not care about VW`s like we do today. Here is a pic of how I destroed my ovel don`t do the same.
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TDC Auto Parts
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:51 am Post subject: Don`t ruin it any more |
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Don`t ruin the ovel dash any more than it has been. If you cant find the speaker sheet metel then get an ovel 3 gage rally set and have a body shop fill in the grill you are going to run that gage set up!! Don`t do what I did to my ovel this was back in 1978 and we did not care about VW`s like we do today. Here is a pic of how I destroed my over don`t do the same.
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Major Woody
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Don`t ruin it any more |
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| TDC VW Parts wrote: |
Don`t ruin the ovel dash any more than it has been. If you cant find the speaker sheet metel then get an ovel 3 gage rally set and have a body shop fill in the grill you are going to run that gage set up!! Don`t do what I did to my ovel this was back in 1978 and we did not care about VW`s like we do today. Here is a pic of how I destroed my over don`t do the same.
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Oh yeah--I remember back then when we thought that was cool. You could never have enough guages or toggle switches. |
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RareAir
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: Re: Don`t ruin it any more |
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| If you cant find the speaker sheet metel then get an ovel 3 gage rally set and have a body shop fill in the grill are to run that gage set up!! |
I agree. Installing the Motometer Rally Package will be the cheapest route to repairing that huge hole in the dash. And it'll look alot cooler than just the standard grill.
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thebucket
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Don`t ruin it any more |
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| If you cant find the speaker sheet metel then get an ovel 3 gage rally set and have a body shop fill in the grill are to run that gage set up!! |
I agree. Installing the Motometer Rally Package will be the cheapest route to repairing that huge hole in the dash. And it'll look alot cooler than just the standard grill. |
I like the grill better myself. 
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splitjunkie
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Don`t ruin it any more |
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| TDC VW Parts wrote: |
Don`t ruin the ovel dash any more than it has been. If you cant find the speaker sheet metel then get an ovel 3 gage rally set and have a body shop fill in the grill you are going to run that gage set up!! Don`t do what I did to my ovel this was back in 1978 and we did not care about VW`s like we do today. Here is a pic of how I destroed my over don`t do the same.
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My57Oval
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| Wow, such a large hole. What was the intention I wonder? I would get a dash clip myself, and repair it. But that must be alot of work. I love the look of my '57 dash. It's simple. |
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Tee Dub
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I was a non-believer myself, but it can be done ! God only knows what the PO had in mind when he took the saw to this dash.....
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My57Oval
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| Wow. Nice work, 2 diffrnt cars, right? |
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TDC Auto Parts
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: Splits have the nicest glove boxes |
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| Please don't do that. The Oval dash is the nicest of all the VW dashes. |
I think that a split has the nicest dash of them all with the duel glove boxes!!
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flatfourfan
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Please try and get it back to stock........My dash luckily only has had a few smaller holes added.......soon to be returned to stock......
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Tee Dub
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Nahh, all pix are of the same car's dash Rakeyworth, a '56 I bumped into last summer up in your neck of the woods. Looked rough........ but solid as a rock with no front end hits, perfect pans and original rust free front fenders. Story goes, it was a desert race car project started in the 70's and never finished. Stored high and dry back East for about 30 years.
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