70 Duster "deluxe interior" dash frame?

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mrhinsjc

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My 70 Duster came with the standard dash, but the dash frame had been destroyed by installation of an aftermarket radio. The new frame I acquired is not the rallye frame, but evidently a frame used with the deluxe interior package. It evidently uses the standard cluster but has about eight additional 1/2" or so holes in the frame.

I'm not sure what covers these holes. Can anyone describe what I need to be looking for? Are the parts I need reproduced by anyone? If these parts turn out to be impossible to find, has anyone done a custom setup on their car? I am going to hate ending up with $4k in a dash.
 
That is a what I call a wrap around dash, these were on a lot of Barracuda 67'-69' model. There are 3 more pieces of dash pad that go there, they actually meet up with the top dash pad. Does it have an ignition key in the dash hole? Scratch that- White Punk on Nitro called it right I forgot about the wood grain dash.:BangHead::BangHead:
 
My 70 has that dash frame too. Wood grain heater/radio bezel and glove box door, along with cluster.
 
mrhinsjc said:
Does anyone make them?
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Not that I’m aware of. I have an extra glove box door. The instrument cluster is the same as a standard dash one. The heater/radio bezel is harder to find but they do show up from time to time. I found one on here a couple years ago. They show up on eBay once in awhile, too.
 
I will try to post a picture

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Looks familiar... that's my old dash :D I believe I still have the pieces.

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But then, that's why I went custom...

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While those are the deluxe dash treatment, they're the wrong year. A '70 would look like this, gauge cluster is different...
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Someone had that bezel up for sale and I think it was NOS but not sure check in the interior parts for sale. It was a 70 I am pretty sure.
 
pauly said:
Pretty sure this is a Dart dash, not a Duster
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Umm, yeah, that’s the point.

The OP has a Duster with a standard dash but picked up a replacement dash frame that had a deluxe dash, which means it was out of a Dart.
 
72bluNblu said:
Umm, yeah, that’s the point.

The OP has a Duster with a standard dash but picked up a replacement dash frame that had a deluxe dash, which means it was out of a Dart.
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Not true. My Duster has a deluxe dash and it is the one I posted.
 
pauly said:
Not true. My Duster has a deluxe dash and it is the one I posted.
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Alright, you got me.

I didn’t think that goofy looking cluster came out until ‘72. Didn’t realize it started with the Dusters in ‘70.
 
72bluNblu said:
Alright, you got me.

I didn’t think that goofy looking cluster came out until ‘72. Didn’t realize it started with the Dusters in ‘70.
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No problem! Lots of little difference on these cars, back when you could pick and choose what options you wanted!!!
 
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