Forgot to take progress pix... the '35 was rusted off all the way across the bottom... the '40 had [2] 3" gauge holes cut in above the instrument cluster... I cut off the savable '35 top from the nasty bottom... cut the nasties off the top of the '40... left a little extra on both, carefully trimmed them down to fit... took about 1/2" from each end... I usually butt weld but I let the halves overlap so I can weld inside and out for extra strength... small pie cut on each side of the '35 waterfall to let the '35 flatten [front to back] and better match the '40. .
Nice job. Turned out a heckuvua lot better than my attempt to do the same with a 39 dash. Sent from my SM-G950U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
love cutting up those '38,'39, '40 dashes... '33-'36 upper dash sections help mounting '38-'40 dashes into an older car's cowl... they create a "tough to make" compound curved, arched, 90*… it may also let you run the crank out windshield in a '33-'34 hotrod...
The '35 dash bends 90* down about 1.25" over the front edge, by relocating the D nuts it "can" be bolted into a '33-'34 car cowl...
Pic of the half '35 / half '40 dash in my '30 coupe... 1971 ish ford truck speedometer... '40 truck dash script...'56 truck V8... static ashtrays...
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