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Thanks for your Doc. I was hoping for you to chime-in (more in a technical sense) because in your day you made a respectable product. All I can assume is the cost will be very reasonable especially if he does a handful. I am not going to get into the business side of this. Again, just looking for suggestions and possible interest.

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HB ... THX for the words ... but he has not thrown around any pricing ? Honestly ...I was going to make ANOTHER mold or two and start making them MEself. But I certainly don't have the market cornered on making FG parts !! But the cost is a major factor here .... there was a guy who came on here maybe 8 or so months ago saying he was going to make a dash ...at a cost of something like 400 beans ... yeah right ....

I did mine MAKING the pad as part of the mold. Also .. on the mold(and the finished part) .... the center of the dash was nice and flat and all filled-in so you could put a line of gauges across the whole dash.

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Dumb Question #1- 68 had the lower dashpad. Would it have that?

Dumb Question #2- Would the "sweeping" style gauge cluster area be changed to accomodate round gauges like most racers and restomod guys would want???

The reason I ask about the dahpad is if it doesn't have it, a one year only deal, guys with 69-76 A-bodies (such as myself) may be interested moreso.

Personally, I don't care about the ashtray or radio, it can be blank/delete, the area for an HVAC controlhead would a nicety.

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I might be interested too, post some pictures when you get one done.

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I am unfamaliar with all the different style dashes. Does anyone have decent full-view pics of different styles they could post AS AN ATTACHMENT please?

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Sean,

There really isn't any "different styles" to the 67-76 A-body. 68 had the one year only bolt-on lower dashpad and then there was the 67-69 Barracuda and Demon cluster with round gauges. Of which it was a blot-in too. Some variation on the heater/ac/radio styling. The basic metal structure was pretty much the same from 67-76. From a racers tandpoint, I would think it's pretty easy to come up with a common piece.

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Thank you Dean. I did have someone ask me about having the Rally dash done in 'glass. Does anyone have a good Rally dash pic? Can I assume the 'demon' with round guages is the 'rally'? Those of you who have posted pics of 'glass' dashes, could you please give me more details; like where did you buy it? do you like it? would you have one made any differently? how much? what was the time turn-around? etc...

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Who made it Brian? FWIW I am LEANING toward a ralley guage cluster area because the 'rounds' will more easily accept an aftermarket round guage.

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Not sure whos it is. I bought it from someone that didnt use it on their project. It is flat across the face and will take some significant work to make it want I want. I guarantee it to look nice when I'm done though.

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A 70-71 style, frame only so all factory parts & pad would bolt on

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That is the core being used for the mold. Trying to make it modular enough to accept a 'Rally' dash.

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Come on HB ....why no mention of even BALLpark pricing ?

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Right now I can think of 2 reasons...First, as I originally mentioned. I am having ONE made for me reguardless. I just thought I'd give the guy the best possible oppurtunity to sell some IF he wanted to. I lobbied opinions for a universal standard in design/style. I will pay him a FAIR price (it is, what it is)...which leads me to a part of my next reason...(and please take this constructively.) YOU have a tendency to be quite critical of pricing. Especially because 1) You have been out of business for quite some time. and 2) You are not even a potential customer to many products you are critical about the pricing of. The last part of the second reason is that I am not getting in the middle of someone elses business transactions. I will show and take creative input and opinions. But at some point if he decides he will handle a business side.
p.s.-PM me for pricing..LOL! J/K! J/K!!!

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Doc I am intrested in one. Why don't you give a price on the ones you are going to make? The guy said that if the mold works and if anyone eles would be intrested just say so. Alot of ifs.Give him a break.If memory serves me you have been saying you are going to make these molds or buy them for many years now.

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Doc I am intrested in one. Why don't you give a price on the ones you are going to make? The guy said that if the mold works and if anyone eles would be intrested just say so. Alot of ifs.Give him a break.If memory serves me you have been saying you are going to make these molds or buy them for many years now.

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Come on guyz ... I am NOT the only one interested in pricing. And as far as me being a "customer" ? .. HOW wrongO you are. I would buy one to pull a mold off-of ..

I am curious about pricing because if it is like another who posted here maybe a year ago ... he was saying 5 ot 6 huN !

For THAT kind of $$$ ..I would start making them in my HOT TUB room ...

But if they are cheap ... I will just leave that market alone. And as far as my experience in this "market" ... I probably made well-over 100 Duster/Dart dashes over the years.

WOOD I start making them again ? .. sure ...if the market was there.

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...$400, $600, for a fiberglass dash board? Someone is on drugs.

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Doc, who are you to insinuate a price? At this point, you are not welcome on this post anymore to me. And now Glassman has taken the ball and run with it. What a shame. Make your own dash, name the price and sell it. Until then, go away from this post. Let me speculate a price now...$30 bucks. I think I am owed an apology.

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Sorry to offend you or anybody else. Most people don't realise the cost of making just the mold. The time , the effort, the advertising. It all costs big bucks to break into a new market. It would be the same if I were to start making a Charger SRT hood. Mopar piece--YES! New market--YES! Good luck with your new dash board and until I have that item on my list, I will send people your way , only if it is a quality piece. Oh and take it easy on Doc, he forgot how to be sensitive. We are building the 66-67 Dodge Coronet and Charger fender molds right now in the slow season. Next molds are new hemi scoop molds then the another new mold that I can't mention at the present time. And again,Good luck on the new dash mold.

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is there pictures of it or not?
Is there a price for said item or not?
Where does one send money to aquire said light weight fiberglass dash.?

thank you.
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I can not beleive this. READ HIS FIRST POST!!! They want ideas on shape and pad and mounting. This tells me they are far from knowing any of your questions. Man you people need to stop discourging people from attempting to make a new ptoduct that I for one need.

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Doc, who are you to insinuate a price? At this point, you are not welcome on this post anymore to me. And now Glassman has taken the ball and run with it. What a shame. Make your own dash, name the price and sell it. Until then, go away from this post. Let me speculate a price now...$30 bucks. I think I am owed an apology.

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Sorry to offend you or anybody else. Most people don't realise the cost of making just the mold. The time , the effort, the advertising. It all costs big bucks to break into a new market. It would be the same if I were to start making a Charger SRT hood. Mopar piece--YES! New market--YES! Good luck with your new dash board and until I have that item on my list, I will send people your way , only if it is a quality piece. Oh and take it easy on Doc, he forgot how to be sensitive. We are building the 66-67 Dodge Coronet and Charger fender molds right now in the slow season. Next molds are new hemi scoop molds then the another new mold that I can't mention at the present time. And again,Good luck on the new dash mold.

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GLASS MAN ... you seem to have forgotten the COSTS involved with making the PLUG(the part used to make the mold).

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Looks like I'll have some pics up by Friday evening.

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You're killing me T. I'm at work. He's at his day job 20 miles away. It ain't even evening. I'm trying to make this happen for you as well as me, right now anyway. Patience grasshopper.

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thank you.
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I can not beleive this. READ HIS FIRST POST!!! They want ideas on shape and pad and mounting. This tells me they are far from knowing any of your questions. Man you people need to stop discourging people from attempting to make a new ptoduct that I for one need.

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thank you.
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I can not beleive this. READ HIS FIRST POST!!! They want ideas on shape and pad and mounting. This tells me they are far from knowing any of your questions. Man you people need to stop discourging people from attempting to make a new ptoduct that I for one need.

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well the first post was made back in july its now november..one of the post stated pictures on friday..i dont see any?

I was trying to be straight up and to the point..
not bickering at all..

4-5 months old post.....looks like its a pipe dream..though...

just make the damn thing like a bare metal dash with out the dash pad or cutouts. all the factory stuff can just bolt on...
no cut outs for the guages or radio or a/c
then everyone can cut out the holes as they see fit..
they could even put holes in the top to attach a factory pad..
this seems pretty straight up to me?

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...well the first post was made back in july its now november..one of the post stated pictures on friday..i dont see any?
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4-5 months old post.....looks like its a pipe dream..though...
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just make the damn thing like a bare metal dash with out the dash pad or cutouts. all the factory stuff can just bolt on...
no cut outs for the guages or radio or a/c
then everyone can cut out the holes as they see fit..
they could even put holes in the top to attach a factory pad..
this seems pretty straight up to me?

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...well the first post was made back in july its now november..one of the post stated pictures on friday..i dont see any?
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4-5 months old post.....looks like its a pipe dream..though...
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just make the damn thing like a bare metal dash with out the dash pad or cutouts. all the factory stuff can just bolt on...
no cut outs for the guages or radio or a/c
then everyone can cut out the holes as they see fit..
they could even put holes in the top to attach a factory pad..
this seems pretty straight up to me?

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Being from the Thermoforming manufacturing industry I can tell you that while it's possible, it's not likely due to all of the undercut areas that complicate the shape and couldn't be formed, you'd need to glue some features onto it similar to how the garbage E-body door panels were being vacuum formed by Accuform/Palco, etc. Not to mention that the cost of the mold itself and the labor involved in manufacturing the parts could get pretty expensive. You'd also need to do a lot of trimming and hole cutting as a secondary opperation.

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Looks good Sean.I will see what I can do to move some for ya.Thanks for your efforts on this project I hope people take advantage of the opportunity you are giving them.

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Obviously, the mold is done. One dash is done. Time permitting he is willing to make more...I would speculate now he could have 2 more done by the years-end. Price is up to him but, IMO my price was nice.

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WHY didn't he make an area for the steering column to go through? ... HOW MUCH does it weigh? .. Your price was "nice" ? .. WHY all the shuck and jive?

Just a simple and direct Q for U -- HOW MUCH IS A SINGLE DASH ?

And he can make TWO by the end of 2011? .. IF HE is any type of fiberglass craftsman ... he should be able to produce AT LEAST one a week.

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"Oh Doc, the all knowing King of fiberglass, we're afraid to ask HB any quesitons about his dash. Could you please, in you infinate wisdom, be our voice & ask the questions we all want to know"

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Oh STEFF ....do you know why there are SO FEW people that have lived-during-the-times that lots of you DUDES so cherish ? ....because of uNjustified piling-on that is happening here. But I have a thick-skin ...and I take-it way-more than I dish-it-out.

All knowing King of fiberglass ? .... NEVER have I EVER come off like that. And if anyone here has done CF .. they are way-more of a "King"(and knowing) than I am.

Now YOU .... Mr Super Hero ...YOU get OVER yourself ..

Qt .... the questions to you still stand. JUST trying to keep-it-real.

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Qt ... nothing badgering about it at all. And as far as me ordering 50 ... it is HERE for all to see. And I have said it TWICE. He quoted me a price of 30$ ....and I gave him an order for 50. That is 1500$ .... WHEN CAN I PICK THEM UP ?

Prices and availability "when they can" ? ... when he comes on the board and proclaims ... NEW F'glass A-body dash ....(months ago).... and still does not have any of that info.

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And I am DONE HERE ..... uNless someone throws a cream-pie at me.