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Custom dash for a 79 stang

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alanw6

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Well, finally got a chance to do a custom project on a fox body again. It's been a while, as most of my time has been inside the S197's or 03/04 Cobras lately.

This is a gauge panel my friend and I made for a local friend of ours. He's building a 5.4L powered 79 Mustang. He wanted to change the dash up a bit, and we got involved. This is a "skin" which will reside over a more solid base assembly, and fit the factory dash panel location.

We used a new toy in our shop, a Microscribe G2 digitizer, to sample the points from the OEM panel, and based our CAD files on those dimesions. Here's a screenshot of the rendering:



And here's the panel being test fit with a few gauges:



Can't wait to see it in-car, and I'll try to get some pics when this happens.

Just wanted to share, as I don't get to work on fox body projects as much as I'd like to.

Alan
 
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amazing as usual!
 

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Cool!!!!
 

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Very unique - I like that! Hurry up and put it in >=)
 

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sweet! what are you gonna offer us stangnet guys a chance to buy one?

~Mark~
 

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Thanks for the compliments.

Dave, see your email.

Haven't given much thought to selling the part. It's really just a skin, and would require serious gutting of your stock dash panel (to allow for gauge placement/clearance). That's what this owner is going to do, and perhaps use some sheet metal as a subframe.

I'll have to look at how the install works out, really just looking at it as a custom project at present.
 

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Good I was hoping he wouldn't just leave it as a thin-sheet piece that wasn't looking "full".

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mansonozz said:
Good I was hoping he wouldn't just leave it as a thin-sheet piece that wasn't looking "full".

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The panel sits recessed a little in the dash, so the edges shouldn't be an issue. The surface sheet isn't sturdy enough without backing, anyway.

Did the word .doc font show up for you?
 

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sweet! can you do one to just fit over the stock bezel. if so put an order in for me now!lol love what you guys do, keep it up!
 
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