Craig:
The US spec later dash has no relationship to the earlier dash. Any
ability to mount the early roll in existing holes is going to be purely
coincidental. Since the dash roll has the threaded studs installed, you
could drill your dash and shell to accept the dash roll studs. The
curvature of the early shell would make the roll too short tho'. I played
with this idea and decided it would be better to fabricate a new upper roll
with rigid ensolite foam and vinyl.
I was wondering why Harry Haigh asked me how the dash roll mounted.
Kelvin Dodd.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CraigFaubel@aol.com [mailto:CraigFaubel@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 9:39 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: dashboard conversions
>
>
> I have a 71 roadster and as part of V8 conversion, I took off
> all the foam
> from the dashboard and did a lot of sheetmatal work to put in
> new gauges and
> glovebox, etc. Now I have a metal dash painted wrinkle black
> likd old style
> B did. My question is:
> If I grind away the welded in mounting studs and drill
> holes, instead, can
> I buy a 63-67 dashboard 'roll' and expect it to have mounting
> studs in the
> same place as my 71 did? Then, I should be able to put the
> 'roll' on top,
> the dashboard with holes next, ane then pass the bolts thru
> the body, and the
> nuts should hold the whole assembly in place, with the roll
> making a nice,
> padded transition from dashboard to body.
> Has anyone done this?
> I cant see the mounting method on Moss' catalog, and
> they've not yet
> responded to my faxed query.
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