Among other insane plans, I need to take the dashboard out of my panel. I'd recommend against it, unless it's absolutely necessary. If the dash just needs a patch, it would be much easier to do that then take the whole thing out. In my case, I'll still have the spots from the spot weld cutter to line the dash back up.
Now that I think about it, I have two '54 Chebby dashes that I need to get out and sell.
