71 Duster Dash Pads

Papaduster said

I’m still searching a decent price on a Dash Pad. Just Dashes told me $1000 plus. Classic Ind, PG n Year 1 plus others have them under $400. Most say it has a steel core n requires a core charge or ship your old core back which I hate to do because of the UPS oversize shipping cost.
Seems like a lot of companies just Drop Ship from the manufacture. I’d rather go the the source. Does anyone know who the best manufacture are? I also read on Abodies to stay away from the plastic core n that some Dash Pads don’t have the corner attaching studs. Anyone know or have had experience so I don’t screw up?
Thanks
Robert ( Larry). Brengle

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Personnaly, I'd use a dash cap rather than a plastic core dashpad. You would also want to see the new pad in person or maybe someone on here could respond. Is the metal core of the repops a very thin, flimzey metal ? I f so, you are no farther ahead .

After researching this for months and talking to owners on other forums, I decided to have the original pads from my 68 Barracuda recovered at Just Dashes. Yes, it cost me over $1000.00 US. but my rationalle for doing so is that the dash is one part of the car you will look at constantly while using the car. I did not want to look at a pile of crap dash pad while Im trying to enjoy the car.
After going all in on everything else for the car it would just piss me off .