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Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash #1626939 05/31/14 06:29 AM 05/31/14 06:29 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	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 8160650-IMG_0503.JPG (112 downloads) Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626940 05/31/14 06:32 AM 05/31/14 06:32 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	Steering column is gonna go in after I finish up some wiring....but I think it looks rather nice 8160651-IMG_0975.JPG (101 downloads) Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626941 05/31/14 08:49 AM 05/31/14 08:49 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa 340SHORTY Truck Nut
340SHORTY Truck Nut Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa	I like the new gauges but would of kept the woodgrain.. I am truckless..

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: 340SHORTY] #1626942 05/31/14 09:20 AM 05/31/14 09:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	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

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626943 05/31/14 10:27 AM 05/31/14 10:27 AM
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DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Quote: 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 8160692-astrotone71b.JPG (89 downloads)

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: DAYCLONA] #1626944 05/31/14 10:57 AM 05/31/14 10:57 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	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

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626945 05/31/14 12:51 PM 05/31/14 12:51 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 16,149 Mesa, Arizona D dart4forte I Live Here
dart4forte I Live Here D Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 16,149 Mesa, Arizona	Is that a RR? Do you have a bird on the passenger side of the dash? What about the fuel gauge?

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626946 05/31/14 01:16 PM 05/31/14 01:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Quote: 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

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: dart4forte] #1626947 05/31/14 01:41 PM 05/31/14 01:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	Quote: Is that a RR? Do you have a bird on the passenger side of the dash? What about the fuel gauge? It is a RR indeed. I have a Fuel, Volts, and Vacuum Pod under the dash in the normal spots. I put the two most important ones at eye level. Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626948 05/31/14 04:32 PM 05/31/14 04:32 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	Too glossy and the gauges look too modern imo.

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #1626949 05/31/14 05:15 PM 05/31/14 05:15 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,415 Connecticut Ron_M top fuel
Ron_M top fuel Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,415 Connecticut	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. Common sense is a flower that does not grow in everybody's garden

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626950 05/31/14 05:47 PM 05/31/14 05:47 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 3,074 N.W. Florida F Fat_Mike master
Fat_Mike master F Joined: May 2003 Posts: 3,074 N.W. Florida	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...

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Ron_M] #1626951 05/31/14 10:27 PM 05/31/14 10:27 PM
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Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	Quote: 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. Well the first thing I had to do to install the RetroSound into the dash was test fit it...Wasn't hard since the cluster was already out and I was making modifications to the rear chassis. The plastic knobs recesses were broken away so I JB welded two big washers on the back and place the holes dead center. Mounted the bracket kit and then test fitted the depth via the nuts. It wasn't too bad but it will take you longer than a few yours like the site says. Its just not a drop in installation as it made out to be. The Plastic black bezel (grommet) for the face surround was I thought it was going to be flush mount with the woodgrain but that simply isn't the case and I didnt want to cut the cluster. Its just hanging around behind. Hokey but its on there now and you can't see any light through the radio face and the rear adjust knobs are sitting 1/8" off the woodgrain bezel. It looks era correct but I have to power it on still. Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Fat_Mike] #1626952 05/31/14 10:32 PM 05/31/14 10:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,906 Athens, Greece	Quote: 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, My buddy doesn't know about it...its just one of those things that will floor him when he sees it illuminate....all those wire hanging there are for an acrylic pod that I made to house the HiBeam (Blue) and L/R Turn indicators (Green) on to the map light insert that was there originally. I was pushing for the water transfer printing but he just wanted it black. I wasn't going to argue with him. Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626953 05/31/14 10:48 PM 05/31/14 10:48 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 3,074 N.W. Florida F Fat_Mike master
Fat_Mike master F Joined: May 2003 Posts: 3,074 N.W. Florida	Quote: Quote: 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.

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626954 06/01/14 01:40 AM 06/01/14 01:40 AM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,415 Connecticut Ron_M top fuel
Ron_M top fuel Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,415 Connecticut	Quote: [Its just not a drop in installation as it made out to be. The Plastic black bezel (grommet) for the face surround was I thought it was going to be flush mount with the woodgrain but that simply isn't the case and I didnt want to cut the cluster. Its just hanging around behind. Yup. Totally agree with your assessment and I just walked away for now. That's why I started investigating using the original radio frame. I really need to get off my keester and start this project again. Thank-you. Common sense is a flower that does not grow in everybody's garden

Re: Well..Slight upgrade to the 71-74 B Body Rallye Dash [Re: Pyper70] #1626955 06/01/14 05:34 PM 06/01/14 05:34 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,491 Lethbridge, AB, Canada dangina pro stock
dangina pro stock Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,491 Lethbridge, AB, Canada	Quote: Quote: 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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