Remove dash pad to expose metal dash? 63 Galaxie

I have a 63 galaxie with a sun damaged dash pad. I read in another thread that if I rip off the dash pad it will expose a "sweet metal dash"

Are there holes that will need to be filled?

If that is the case I would need to remove and repaint the dash.

How about the speaker grill. How well would it fit to the metal dash?

Has anyone done it?

I know some 63's came with dash pads and some with bare metal.



Its either that or order the $400 dash pad from dearborn.

 

I don't recall how exactly the '63 dashes are trimmed, you may have a few holes to fill. You will have to repaint under the pad, and the speaker grills may be slightly different between the padded and non-padded dashes. You might be able to mod the existing grill to work.

 

I have a complete 63 dash it never had a pad on it. It's smooth.


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My 61 Sunliner dash pad was toast, the paint under it cleaned up just fine, no holes, the only thing is the speaker grill will need some finesse.