Rich, I'm thinking whole dash is diff on 54-55-1 from earlier trucks. Gauges
are diff and trim for them, radio is below grill, above on early ones, maybe
your Punched out hole? Wipers control diff, and placement of throttle
control is way to ritght on 54. I don't think any of the grill parts (dash
that is) will interchange. Even glove box door is diff.
They do make blank out plates to cover some years of dashes to make smooth
or to cut like you wish, check vendors catalogs under their Hot Rod parts
for AD's.
G. L. Grumpy's
Old Iron Ranch
Huntington, IN 46750
AD trucks and MM tractors
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Kosiba" <kosibar@kolbenet.com>
To: "OleTruck Mail List" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 11:57 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] 1954 Chevy 3100 Dash
> Does anybody have some good pictures of what the dash should look like on
> a '54 Chevy 3100? Mine had been beaten through the years and I'm trying to
> get it back to stock (or at least as close as I care to). Actually, I find
> some '54-specific things to be very ugly and plan to use '53 in their
> place where possible/practical.
>
> Today I filled the punched hole in the middle of the dash, on the top. Not
> sure what that's for. I also filled the nail holes, which were an option
> for installing an earlier speedometer when the '54 speedometer goes bad.
> One of the nails was missing, but the remaining nail slipped out quite
> easily with a pair of vice grips and the speedometer came right out. Now I
> have an extra for my '50. :) I filled some other miscellaneous punch/nail
> holes, not sure what any of them were for. I still have some holes that I
> don't know what to do with, but they appear to be drilled so I think they
> might be stock. I don't think the original owner owned a drill. He had a
> really good hammer and nails, though.
>
> Rich
> '54 3100
> '50 3100
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