| blykins |
05-14-2005 10:46 AM |
Question for you Midstates Guys
Did your cars come with a dash panel, or did you have to make one?
The Shell Valley cars have a fiberglass dash molded into the body.....The pictures of the Midstates cars that I have seen have separate dash panels....is this true?
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| RON N BKFLD |
05-14-2005 02:12 PM |
BILKINS,,,,
THE MIDSTATES I HAD (1988 MODEL) A VINAL COVERED FIBERGLASS DASH PANAL ATTACHED TO TABS LIKE MANY OTHER BRANDS . MY KIRKHAM DASH IS ATTACHED THE SAME WAY.
RON
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| BT SNAKE |
05-14-2005 05:44 PM |
Yep, Like Ron said. Mine is shaped like an original but it's fiberglass.
Hersh:)
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| blykins |
05-14-2005 07:34 PM |
Is it curled back on the ends.....and how thick is the fiberglass?
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| ChrisL |
05-15-2005 05:20 AM |
Yes, it is curled back on the ends and from what I can remember of the thickness before it was covered ,its about 3/16 thick. Check out the 8th pic in my gallery and you can see the curl on the dash good .
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| blykins |
05-15-2005 05:32 AM |
Thanks Chris....I guess it comes blank so you can cut your own holes, right? And how does it mount? Does it bolt to the cowl hoop?
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| ChrisL |
05-15-2005 05:42 AM |
Brent ,
Yes it can come blank so you can drill them how youwould like to, but I had MS drill a classic guage layout for me . It does mount to the cowl hoop there are a few tabs coming off the hoop to bolt it to. Mine are molded into the dash panel so not to see them after it was covered.
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| tpiini |
05-15-2005 05:54 AM |
Blykins,
What year was your SV produced? I've got a mid-90's production and my dash bolts in. Yours is molded in???
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| blykins |
05-15-2005 05:58 AM |
Mine was built in 2003. It's all molded in. No tabs. I would give my right juevo if it would have been the way yours is....
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| silverback |
05-15-2005 10:02 AM |
brent on the shell valleys i take and cut the dash out leaving 3/4 inch of the fiberglass on the top. I then use thread certs that i install into the fiberglass for re-attachment of an aluminum dash panel that i make, This allows me to work on things much easier, and gives me the option of having the aluminum or covering it in vinyl.
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| blykins |
05-15-2005 10:11 AM |
I have an aluminum dash panel covered with vinyl (or will be after I settle things with the upholsterers) and I've done things about how you did it. I cut out most of the fiberglass leaving enough to mount the aluminum too. However my dash panel doesn't curve back at the ends....
Do the ones you make curve back?
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| zipzip |
05-15-2005 10:39 AM |
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Here's a pic of the Midstates dash as received. I had Bob tag the dash with the guage locations - he would have drilled them too, but I didn't want that.
I attached it to the 3 tabs on the cowl hoop by drilling and using carriage bolts. When I tightened the nut, it pulled the square portion through the dash and held it from rotating. That way there is very little exposure on the outside of the dash.
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| silverback |
05-15-2005 01:49 PM |
brent.The one that is in my latest 427 is not, its just flat with a 1'' wide bend from the bending brake at the bottom edge. towards the outside both sides i have it tappered upwords from the bottom.
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| blykins |
05-15-2005 02:48 PM |
Yeah, that's the way mine is.
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| RedSabre |
05-17-2007 09:00 PM |
Mine did not have a dash included and the builder had one made custom. It is 1/4" polished aluminum with some custom milling on it. He did the same for the tunnel console.
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| Shell Valley |
05-24-2007 06:49 PM |
The Shell Valley body did have the dash molded in (except for some of the very first cars). With the new Generation II replica we are currently building, the dash is removable. It sure makes life easier! I do have fiberglass dash panels available, but a lot of guys have used aluminum dashes like what you guys are doing.
Dana
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| blykins |
05-24-2007 07:53 PM |
Dana, does the fiberglass dash curl inward at the ends...or is it flat all the way across?
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