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1/16/24 Over the last few days, I made a couple of repairs to the dashboard. Between the headlight and the gauge cluster, there was a 2” hole cut for a gauge. This was repaired by a previous owner by epoxying a plate behind the dash then filled with body filler. The repair failed as you could see a crack the size of the hole showing thru the finish. This was my first repair on the dash.

The second repair was to the radio opening. Going back to the fall of 2020, I purchased a nice original radio blank plate complete with the fasteners. To my dismay, really disappointment, it did not fit the opening. It was then that I discovered a previous owner butchered the dash to install another radio. This was repaired just like the gauge hole and failed in a similar manner. I had purchased a section of the dash from Mongo, a member of this forum, so I ready to make this repair.

Both repairs came out pretty good and I am happy with the results.

My next venture is repairing the firewall. This butchery was caused by a previous owner installing an unknown heater that wasn’t even close to fitting. I’m going to try to find a piece of a good firewall for this repair.