Beatertrucks nbs dash in '81

[Defunct SO]

Here are some pics of the new dash in the old truck. Still more to be done, but so far its great.

[Tim Z]

that is awesome, how'd you do that? that really looks sweet !!

[BEATERTRUCK]

Thanks Billy for posting the pics.

TimZ- I did it in my backyard at home on my time off. The shop has been full so I have been doing everything I can at home. Its not done yet. I still need to build a bezel for the A/C controlls, figure out what to do about a radio and do some touch up on the side's where the openings are. My old radio won't fit.Sucks.
I hate that I had to put the tach on top but, there was no room in the cluster. It's just calling for someone to break into it or steall it.

[RedHeartbeat]

Radio mount location is a big enough to hold the tachometer. You could rebuild the dash and put the tach next to the speedo and then stack the little gauges.

[BEATERTRUCK]

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Radio mount location is a big enough to hold the tachometer. You could rebuild the dash and put the tach next to the speedo and then stack the little gauges.
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I want to have a radio so I need that hole. But, I did think of that. I even put it in the hole and angeled it tords me. It looked like a**. Its a really, really tight fit with the tach and the speedo in the cluster. (both being 5in. plus bezel) I do plan on adding 4 more gauges to the cluster to fill in that space.

I allso have a scan tool to add to the dash. I will take the sceen out and find a good spot to mount it. This littel scan tool is bad a**. It tells you Air intake temps, mpg, reads speed, top speed hit, rpms, top rpm&#39;s hit, reads codes, erases codes set and lots more. Heres a pic.

[ducky]

that looks pretty bad. nice work on the dash really looks good. are the gauges in the dash angled? maybe its just the pic.

haha you should put the tach outside on the hood right in front of you. but if you do that you should buy a tach thats a foot in diameter. now that would be funny.

[docone882000]

HEY, THAT IS WHERE MY DASH WENT&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Looking good man. It will be sweeeeeeeet when you get it done.

[BEATERTRUCK]

Thanks for all the good feed back guys.

[NITROUS]

Great job&#33; I can&#39;t wait to see it when you get the door panels and everything the same color.

[GMCwantsLS1]

That came out nice&#33; I have to admit I had my doubts as to if it would even fit into the space without major reworking.