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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: unbludictable on May 22, 2008, 03:05:32 pm
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Have any of you seen a wooden dash, that was cut to fit over the original dash!
I think that would be cool! Maybe alot of work or even impossible! Just a thought or a dream!
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I have seen that was actually wood venier -- some of the coach builders would put on the dash bezel. looked cheesy to me.
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If done right, it can look even better than the original dash I think! I love the wood feel and look. I guess it's just me. I work with wood better than metal!!
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You so could do it, A good router bit(so no hard edges) and angle finder and a dash to work off of , you could make , drill the holes that u need, you might would have to give it a few tries, use pin nails/carpenters glue to hold it together and stain. I use to do custom trim, and porches and stuff like that so it could so be done. The Dash bezel would probably be a littler more complicated as far as the holes being right, but it'd really be easier withy some custom gauges, but still def. possible also.
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Sounds to me like you need to find a good size oak tree, a chian saw, and a bunch of ingenuity. I totally dig the idea though. I'd burn it with a little propane torch to bring out the grain, sand it a little, and clear coat it till its smooth.
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Sounds to me like you need to find a good size oak tree, a chian saw, and a bunch of ingenuity. I totally dig the idea though. I'd burn it with a little propane torch to bring out the grain, sand it a little, and clear coat it till its smooth.
Something like this what you looking for?
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u114/chevyman350_82/DSC02666.jpg)
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u114/chevyman350_82/Picture078.jpg)