Well that escalated quickly.
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“Shaving the Yak” we call it.
Who did your dash pad
No one yet. That’s the original dash pad lol. It’s pretty nice but has cracks.
X10 !!
If it can't be taken apart and put back together in a weekend don't do it!
( exception is if you need to take a part off and have it rebuilt, etc.)
( exception is if you need to take a part off and have it rebuilt, etc.)
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Know we are all quietly laughing to ourselves! If we all gave our own examples of this topic, this thread would be a million pages long! Hah! We feel your pain. It is like a rite of passage! It is official, you are one of us!
A little late for that lol. So far it’s gone really well and I’m having a great time. It’s going to look awesome.
JDMopar
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Been there....done that! 
If it makes you feel any better, your deck boards are really nice and the gaps are perfect all the way across!
If it makes you feel any better, your deck boards are really nice and the gaps are perfect all the way across!
I went to change the spark plugs in my swinger. The next day it was a bare shell on the rotisserie.
Here we go...
68 mustang coupe, perfect 1 owner condition.
Needed engine rebuilt...
I pulled the engine, and trans,
Then decided with the engine out wound be a good time to detail the engine compartment.
Took it to a body shop for blasting and paint.
A few weeks later got it home.
They painted it alright with 2 part paint.
They blasted it alright.
Only problem was they did not plug up any of the holes in the firewall from the heater and other items that pass through the fire that I had removed.
Sand all over the inside of the car.
So that lead to removal of the interior,
Which led to the removal of the doors and trunk...
You all get the point...
After 5 years of the parts in a paid storage unit, and the carcass under a car cover on my parents driveway, it was parted out,
I never even drove it!
To add insult to injury, the 2 part paint in the engine bay never cured, years later if you left a wrench on the paint for more than a minute there was a distinct snap sound as you lifted it up.
68 mustang coupe, perfect 1 owner condition.
Needed engine rebuilt...
I pulled the engine, and trans,
Then decided with the engine out wound be a good time to detail the engine compartment.
Took it to a body shop for blasting and paint.
A few weeks later got it home.
They painted it alright with 2 part paint.
They blasted it alright.
Only problem was they did not plug up any of the holes in the firewall from the heater and other items that pass through the fire that I had removed.
Sand all over the inside of the car.
So that lead to removal of the interior,
Which led to the removal of the doors and trunk...
You all get the point...
After 5 years of the parts in a paid storage unit, and the carcass under a car cover on my parents driveway, it was parted out,
I never even drove it!
To add insult to injury, the 2 part paint in the engine bay never cured, years later if you left a wrench on the paint for more than a minute there was a distinct snap sound as you lifted it up.
Put the gauges in the repop dash. It’s got chrome where it shouldn’t but it’s pretty. I’ll probably be eventually looking for a good NOS dash to restore. The original was very far gone and broken.
It’s the little things.Been there....done that!
Me: "Barry (Bazza), I'll get your car running for you while you're in the hospital." (Piece of cake, right?)
But then came the broken bolts in the engine...
And the bad timing chain...
And the slipped harmonic balancer...
And the distributor rebuild...
And the gas tank sending unit...
And the hole in the trunk...
And the new fuel lines...
And the rear springs....
And the front suspension...
And the cracked frame...
And...and...and...
(Y'all know what I'm talking about.)
It's a slippery slope.
But then came the broken bolts in the engine...
And the bad timing chain...
And the slipped harmonic balancer...
And the distributor rebuild...
And the gas tank sending unit...
And the hole in the trunk...
And the new fuel lines...
And the rear springs....
And the front suspension...
And the cracked frame...
And...and...and...
(Y'all know what I'm talking about.)
It's a slippery slope.
Yup. I doubt there's a single member here that doesn't know about mission creep. Make mine a double on that one, bartender!
Is that a '65 Dart dash? Who made the repop?
OER. Classic sells them as well as a bunch of vendors. They are more chromey than OEM though.
DiggerDart
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Very nice. Have fun with it. Thought about a over drive 5 speed manual?
ABC Moparts is doing pads for the early As
Crazy thing is I completely believe you. Makes total sense.
This started as an oil change.
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