Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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I praise your efforts Chris and also understand the "knuckleheads" deal as several have inquired about carb work, I give em a quote only to never hear from them again. At LEAST have the cahones to say "no thanks" or SOMETHING............A guy tried to take his BMW last week and hand me a check needless to say he got me CASH..........
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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How wide and tall are the A-body dashes.. I'm thinking of changing the race car to something else.. I was looking at the GM glass dash but I think I would prefer the A-body one instead... Chris you did a nice job from what I see... sorry to hear you have a few bone heads that stiffed you
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Shame to hear of people abusing this opportunity. I bought a dash and I can assure anyone wondering that you will have zero issues with Chris or the product.
If you owe him money, get out the gutter and make it right! Nobody likes a lowlife
Mr. P I'll be home in about an hour, I can measure mine and post results or pm you.
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Shame to hear of people abusing this opportunity. I bought a dash and I can assure anyone wondering that you will have zero issues with Chris or the product.
If you owe him money, get out the gutter and make it right! Nobody likes a lowlife
Mr. P I'll be home in about an hour, I can measure mine and post results or pm you. Thanks... I'm sure its wider than my P-body but wondering how much I would need to cut it down to fit my junk.. I'm thinking about putting my P back on the road.. or maybe even use it for DW
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Mr. P, the A body dashes are exact specs as a factory dash (I apologize as I don't have the dimensions handy at the moment) If you are planning on doing something for "P", I would look in to a Cobalt/Cavalier dash from QuarterMax, Bickel, etc. (They are narrow, and in my opinion, would look sweet in your car) Just a thought..........
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Mr. P, the A body dashes are exact specs as a factory dash (I apologize as I don't have the dimensions handy at the moment) If you are planning on doing something for "P", I would look in to a Cobalt/Cavalier dash from QuarterMax, Bickel, etc. (They are narrow, and in my opinion, would look sweet in your car) Just a thought.......... Thats what I have been looking at... they make a 2 piece one that as far as I know can be over lapped so it might fit better.. I dont know.. but I sorta wanted a 1 piece unit
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Chris, I put the one you sent back with Kevin a couple weeks ago and it's nice.I'll be able to put guages where I want. BTW can't wait to see the Dart!
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Chris, how hard would it be for you to narrow one of your dashes before it's sent to a customer? I dont think he can do that without building a new mold and thats not cheap... I was thinking of making a cut X amount of inches inboard and shrinking it and glassing the end back on... or cutting the ends off and making my own ends... or looking into the GM stuff... but thats me.. I cant say what Chris will/can do
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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www.frieghtcenter.com is who I used to get quotes from, I shipped a hemi world block from Mi to Ut for $250, they are just a freight forwarding company. Tim
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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These dashes weigh just under 3 pounds. If you wanted to make it "Your Own", it would actually be pretty easy. Having said that, Mr. P is correct in that I would have to produce a new mold, and that is something that I have never considered, as this dash is a direct fit to any 67-76 A-body. In designing these, I just tried to simplify them as much as possible, but, they can certainly be modified to any dimension to fit your build, once you receive it. If you are going to be at MATS this year, I am considering producing 25-30, and bringing them with me, so, that folks can save on shipping costs.
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Chris, I put the one you sent back with Kevin a couple weeks ago and it's nice.I'll be able to put guages where I want. BTW can't wait to see the Dart! Very cool! Look forward to meeting you.
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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www.frieghtcenter.com is who I used to get quotes from, I shipped a hemi world block from Mi to Ut for $250, they are just a freight forwarding company. Tim I will only ship via UPS, in the continental US. Sorry if this is an inconvenience, but, I have had zero issues with UPS, shipping over 200 dashes so far. Thank you for the heads up though, I appreciate it.
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Re: A body dash update......First ones are finished.......
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Good evening, fellas. I took delivery of another run of dashes last night, and for the first time, after producing/selling over 200 of these things, I was very disappointed in the quality of the current run. After asking a few obvious questions, I found that the current materials, used to construct the dashes, were, "Hecho in Mexico".........well, that is not acceptable to me, as the dashes looked like honey comb, instead of a good looking, good quality construction. Having said that, I ate the production cost of 10 dashes (Not happy about that either), and have purchased the correct, MADE IN THE USA materials, that I thought were still being used. I apologize for a further delay, but, the only thing I can do, is be honest and up front with you. For those of you that have sent payment, I have sent you a PM. I will not deposit any of your funds until I have a tracking number, and know that your dash has been placed on the UPS truck. I have been promised that the next run of dashes will be delivered next Wednesday, and will certainly keep you posted. I have never had a bump in the road, all of the time that I have provided these, but, one thing that I will never do, is sell junk. Period.
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