Projects ON HOLD... hotrod ['38-9] or ['40] dashes, gb door

The bent, oil canned and pitted speaker louvers on this '38 convertible / woodie dash are too much work for about anything but a stocker...
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so they jumped into my scrap metal drum and I filled the hole...

I left the 5 little holes around it to mount the trim... [white]
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IMO... this will look great as the filler patch kinda looks like the lighter and ashtray insert panels, both having a headstone shaped chrome border...
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Re-sale red paint,
When I install the lighter and ashtray tombstones and a '34 truck hood V8 centered in the speaker trim I think this one will look real good in my '30 coupester
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Bought a pair of these for $3.58 shipped... 4" wide x 2.5" tall... peal and stick... should settle in the center of the speaker trim..

 

I cut out both the speedometer and gauge cluster, centered the speedo, filled in the missing sections and added 2 1/16" gauge holes...
took the 3 gauge panel out, cut fit and welded in a section of 2" exhaust pipe to fill the hole...
'46 ford car "super deluxe" fender emblem...