why is it

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » November 26, 2006, 11:23 am

seems i always see the rustiest trucks with unhacked dashes , then there will be nicer ones with a garage door size hole where the radio was.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0055228242

Birddog63 · Post by **Birddog63** » November 26, 2006, 1:44 pm

I hear ya!
It took me a long time but finally appreciate originality over destroying it...

BTW.. Is it me or does that thing look like it has split rims????

ABA · Post by **ABA** » November 26, 2006, 2:47 pm

Isn't that a radio in front of the taller shifter?

mikecarson · Post by **mikecarson** » November 26, 2006, 2:53 pm

Yup, but ain't a hatchet job, like you find in nicer trucks...lol

ABA · Post by **ABA** » November 26, 2006, 3:01 pm

Yep I found this behind the radio in mine. Removed it so I could paint the interior yesterday.

Birddog63 · Post by **Birddog63** » November 26, 2006, 3:38 pm

ABA wrote:Isn't that a radio in front of the taller shifter?

I thought that was an original radio!

ABA(wish we had multi quote) That's a BIG hole!!

ABA · Post by **ABA** » November 26, 2006, 5:18 pm

Yea I know BirdDog. I hope the radio I'm going back with fills it up.
It has a thin metal plate behind the face plate so it should be ok, I hope.

Casper · Post by **Casper** » November 26, 2006, 7:34 pm

I literally fit a foot ball though the hole that was in my dash.....why someone thought a radio required a hole with the same profile of a foot ball I may never know....and probably dont want to hear the logic behind.

jimbob1021 · Post by **jimbob1021** » November 26, 2006, 8:05 pm

you think that is bad you need to see what they do in indiana when they put custom interior in a new van it would

you i have worked on some and it looks like they use a hamer and chisel to cut the holes for the speakers

castruck_1964 · Post by **castruck_1964** » November 26, 2006, 8:17 pm

you should have seen the axe wound in my dash

not square not level

hole area around it was deformed

jimbob1021 · Post by **jimbob1021** » November 26, 2006, 8:29 pm

yep i know i have seen jobs like that and it make you want to

and some one like that does not blong under a hood

FORDMANLCRACKEL · Post by **FORDMANLCRACKEL** » November 26, 2006, 8:44 pm

Would an engine get that oiley in only 15000 miles? Most of the time people clean an engine when they rebuild.

Lonnie

six-two · Post by **six-two** » November 26, 2006, 8:57 pm

Yep, my dash has a slightly too large for a stereo gashed hole in it. I still can't figure out how or why it was done. By the way my dash is perfect besides that.

__________________________________six-two

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » November 27, 2006, 1:15 am

Man, that's one rusty truck...I bet it's a tad breezy on cold days.

66fordtrucknut · Post by **66fordtrucknut** » November 28, 2006, 6:41 am

Both of my trucks are radio delete, not touching either one. I have one sheetmetal screw hole in the middle of my otherwise pristine dash in my uni, still trying to figure that one out. I put a small ford emblem over to hide it.
Charlie

65TremecGT · Post by **65TremecGT** » November 28, 2006, 12:38 pm

Who would pay $700 for that! I guess I am spoiled with much better sheet metal out here! My mustang dash is also terrible, chopped and crooked

jeepbut · Post by **jeepbut** » November 28, 2006, 8:05 pm

The dash on my 66 was hacked out to install a 1962 Falcon AM only radio. Sad, as it came with a factory AM. I just don't get the logic behind this move. It does not bother me as much as it strikes me as very odd. Thanks, Lyman.

MrEvil · Post by **MrEvil** » December 2, 2006, 8:02 pm

You guys might hate me, my '61's dash is absolutely un-touched, no giant hole or anything. I don't have a factory radio, and the truck's probably going to stay that way.

castruck_1964 · Post by **castruck_1964** » December 2, 2006, 8:25 pm

Mr Evil hate is the wrong word

envy or jealous would be better choices

MrEvil · Post by **MrEvil** » December 2, 2006, 8:59 pm

Well, just as a tribute to every slick owner that has had trouble finding a truck with an unmolested dash, my dashboard will only have the holes Ford put in it from the factory. Now if only I could get a big air compressor to run dad's sand blaster I could get the rest of my '61 finished.