1970 Dart Dash

D-Rock26 said
View attachment 1715715516 View attachment 1715715517 Hey all! I have a 1970 Dart Swinger. I want to swap out the old banged up gauges/speedometer with a new custom one. I found the new one I want on Classic Industries but noticed it says it will only fit on A-body’s with original square speedometer. I have a rectangle style and it says the new one will be too narrow. Has anyone ran into this issue or had any luck? How hard would it be to find a dash with the square speedometer? I’ve attached my dash current and the panel I want to purchase.

If you really want to do this, and I've considered it, you COULD change the entire dash to the cluster type you want. "That style" (the rectangular newer one) is also easier to redo DIY as you can gut an old bezel and put a flat plate in there and make your own. You CAN remove the dash frame without removing the windshield---I've don it. There are several scews out by the windshield that went in OEM from the top, before windshield was installed. If you remove "stuff" from the dash, and probably the heater too, you can get up in there with a small die grinder/ cut off wheel, and slice through the speed nut clips and the screws, and pull them out. Then on re-install, put them in the other way--from the bottom. This was not my idea, I think "Redfish" on here gave me this idea.

The big downer for my car is----the "desirable dash" I have is a newer one from a locking column, and of course mine has the key "in the dash."