i see that alot of you want to replace your dash, I want mine gone. can anyone tell me how to get it off with out taking the whole dash out. and can i remove the heater/ac unit also with out taking out the dash?
If you're referring to your 65 GT, yes you can remove both the dash pad and heater/ac unit without removing the dash. To remove the dash pad the easiest way is to remove the instrument cluster and glove box. At each far corner you'll need a phillips head screwdriver to remove the screw at each corner. Then remove the 5 or so pal nuts - 2 under the instrument cluster, 2 under the glove box opening and the hardest one right smack dab in the middle hiidden by the heater/AC controls. Keep in mind that removal of the dash pad is gonna leave holes in your metal dash. To remove the heater/AC controls you need to remove the sliding knobs first. IIRC they are held on by a small (1/8th inch hex set screw). Then remove the bezel (held in place by 4 pal nuts at each corner). Remove the screws holding the control unit. You'll probably have to remove the radio to get access/removal of this stuff. The heater/AC unit is held in place by 4 or 5 nuts on the engine side of the firewall; then just a matter of getting it out of there. Be forewarned that if replacing it with a heater only unit, the blower motor is smaller than the blower for the heater/AC unit plus the firewall is totally different in the blower area not allowing one to use a regular blower without doing quite a bit of work to the firewall in that area.. I've done the opposite on my 65 GT convert - added factory air to a non-air car. If you decide to do all this, I'd be interested in all your factory air stuff. Hope all this helps.
