removing dash board cover

1971fordsdad · Post by **1971fordsdad** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:49 am

1971ford wrote: cant i just rip the damn thing out!
bummer
ill see if i can get it out tomorrow since i have no school .

Come here boy, time to wash your mouth out with soap!!!

1971fordcustom · Post by **1971fordcustom** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:00 am

1971ford wrote:i just took it out. thanks guys. got it out without takign out the cluster too. those far left and right corners are pretty hard. i still have to get the far left one out, the bolt is still in, i just ripped the pad off of that one bolt. pictures to come!
i might have the holes for the dash welded and painted. what do you think?

Your just like me!!!!!!

I was thinking of doing the same thing BUT the guy on this site talked me out of it and the body man did to.

I don't have money for a dash pad right now so ill have to wate tell I can get one. So for a wile I wont have one but I do have a cover for the dash so I can just lay that thing up on the dash for now.

It really looks better with a dash pad. The covers for the defrosters I was going chrome them and put them on.

FormerMarine1981 · Post by **FormerMarine1981** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:05 pm

1971ford'sdad wrote:
1971ford wrote: cant i just rip the damn thing out!
bummer
ill see if i can get it out tomorrow since i have no school .
Come here boy, time to wash your mouth out with soap!!!

Looks like YOu got caught!! My dad thinks the internet is what you say when you have caught a fish I.E: "Get that fish inernet and bring it into the boat"

Tim P. · Post by **Tim P.** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:46 am

I have a spare set of the defroster vent grills available if somebody looking for them and the ss screws.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:45 pm

i was looking at the pad i removed to save the grill vents and i didnt know the back bolts were made onto a strip of metal. so are some of the front bolts on the passenger side. i was really unaware they were put togther like that. i thought these dash pads had a total metal inner under the foam. i guess i was wrong.

1971ford · Post by **1971ford** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:47 pm

before i removed it i thought they had metal under the padding that was all connected like you said but i was surprised when i saw that they werent too.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:53 pm

im getting a hair brian idea . if you could form up some sheet meatl and weld the bolt strips to that you could then recove the old cracked ones alot easier. some type of paddign could be put back in them and you would have a new dash pad.

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