Recentlly got in a real kool Kustom 40 Merc vert project to play with. It will needs some rework and then to be finished. It has a good start already with narrowed 49 merc bumpers & guards front & rear, chopped windshield to fit an ugly glass carson top that will be replaced with a folding rag top. Paul the owner wanted a custom dash and orginally thought a 50/51 merc dash would look good but his dad Ray sugested a 51 ford so they brought me one. Wow it was wider than i thought but after a few measurments i was fairly sure it would fit. We want to use all the fords guages plus i wanted the steering column to as close to the same location as stock and the clock & radio centered in the dash so on the left side i cut about 1.25 off the end and 2 out of the center. Then on the right side i cut about 5 out of the center
Yes a chrome dash would look more than cool in a vert but the suns reflection could be a real bad thing. We are planing on replacing the orginal painted dash screen with a coarser wire mesh made of polished stainless steel