Dash build (Page 17/28) TXGOOD MAR 03, 08:11 PM That was my car, but I sold it a while back. I would be happy to answer any question you might have about how I did it. Mike blkpearl MAR 04, 12:42 AM I would like to know how you made the basic part of the "big" or large part of the dash. Is it some wood and then cardboard taped over it? TXGOOD MAR 04, 07:33 AM I cut the ends of the dash out of 3/4" plywood and then just took a single large piece of cardboard with the "ridges" I guess you would call them running lengthways, and hot glued and stapled it to the ends. Then I just layed fiberglass matt over the top and the inside to sandwich the cardboard and used body filler to smooth it followed by glazing putty to really get it smooth. Then used 1/4" vinyl top foam for padding and that was about it. It only took one layer of fiberglass matt to strengthen it, so it was lighter than the stock dash. Looking back, I think for ease a person could basically take a stock dash, cut what he doesn`t want off of it, and then just start hot glueing pieces of cardboard to it until he gets the basic shape, and then use body filler to smooth out any transitions in the separate pieces. I mainly built mine the way I did to keep from having to sew any when installing the vinyl. mmeyer86gt/gtp MAR 19, 09:22 PM I might have a nice shifter for you if your interested. Stock shift handle covered in black leather with red stitching! Australian OCT 07, 06:48 AM Great thread bump for all those that originally missed/forget as it is very worthy of a viewing by all. IVANNATINKLE NOV 26, 05:02 PM bump going to do my dash some what like this one thanks to this guy i have a basic idea!! thanks IVANNATINKLE NOV 26, 05:09 PM also how did you get your vents to work TXGOOD NOV 26, 10:55 PM I made a plate that I attached to the ac air box which had two outlets. I then split them with a Y and ran a pair of hoses to the center left and drivers vent and center right and the passenger side vent. As an afterthought I would have done the ac vents a little different because they basically blew straight up into the windsheild. IVANNATINKLE NOV 27, 08:32 AM well my car has ac delete so i just need it for the heat in the winter so its gotta work lol. so now did you just do all of that over the stock dash or did you make a cardboaard template and the plywood things TXGOOD NOV 27, 11:36 AM I just cut the ends out of plywood and then just bent the cardboard lengthwise around the ends. You can get very creative with cardboard and a glue gun. Then when you get the basic shape, just fiberglass it and smooth the seams and such with filler. The only reason I stayed with the basic wedge shape is so it would be easier to cover with vinyl without having to sew any seams. If you wanted to take the time to really get the surface smooth you could go all out on the design and then just paint it with some kind of textured paint.