Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 06:29 AM
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Just thought I would share so you guys with similar dashes can get some ideas for your project....as I have taken some of other members and planted them in this ride
Original Dash
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 06:32 AM
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Steering column is gonna go in after I finish up some wiring....but I think it looks rather nice
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 08:49 AM
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I like the new gauges but would of kept the woodgrain..
I am truckless..
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 09:20 AM
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I rather liked the brown woodgrain....but my buddy wanted it black...
I was actually trying to get him to go towards a french polish finish with a matte top coat....to give that look of burl wood you see in fancier interiors
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 10:27 AM
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I rather liked the brown woodgrain....but my buddy wanted it black...
I was actually trying to get him to go towards a french polish finish with a matte top coat....to give that look of burl wood you see in fancier interiors
Here's the Astrotone finish I did in a customer's ride, you need to sand the panels free of the woodgrain making them smooth, then spray in light argent, I've only seen 2 dashes finished like this in the past, IIRC it was to be an optional dash finish but got pulled in production early, the customer fought me on this decision, but afterwards agreed it really looked good
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 10:57 AM
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Wow...that looks nice...why did they pull it off the options?
He likes black interiors...I do too but with some styling in there...We did away with the music master on the hump and put an aftermarket retro digital radio in there with classic knobs and push buttons. Wiring up the amplifier today...Shame they dont make one for the 69 or I would have bought one for me too
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 01:16 PM
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Wow...that looks nice...why did they pull it off the options?
He likes black interiors...I do too but with some styling in there...We did away with the music master on the hump and put an aftermarket retro digital radio in there with classic knobs and push buttons. Wiring up the amplifier today...Shame they dont make one for the 69 or I would have bought one for me too
Same here on this application regarding the radio, I welded(plastic welding gun) up the radio holes on the stock dash fascia panel for a radio delete look, and a modern radio was mounted in the factory hump style cassette unit, and a marine antenna was mounted under the dash for a clean passenger fender
Mike
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 05:15 PM
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Is that a Retro Sound Radio? How much "fun" was it mounting that in the dash? Were you able to get the display in the stock rectangular opening?
I have one I have been playing with and went so far as to use the pot metal face assembly from a beat am radio to use as the front mount. But the constant fitting, adjusting, and fighting have made the whole ordeal miserable and I ready to ditch the whole concept. Have also heard the Retro Sound is not very loud either.
I bought some plastic BUD boxes and now looking into the console type installation.
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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05/31/14 10:48 PM
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I removed the lens that says Fasten SeatBelt and replaced it with "Prepare for Takeoff" and it stays on about the 20 seconds that the key light is on...
Very cool.
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Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash
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06/01/14 05:34 PM
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I like the black. I notice you removed the "fasten seat belt" warning light also. It would be cool to change that insert to say something like "HOLD ON TIGHT." Ever heard of hydro dipping??? A buddy of mine got into it not long ago. It's a really cool coating process that would be perfect for something like that...
I was holding off on the showing of that but I rewired the Fasten Seat Belt light to the Key Light delay relay for the key on the column. I removed the lens that says Fasten SeatBelt and replaced it with "Prepare for Takeoff" and it stays on about the 20 seconds that the key light is on,
I would like to see this
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