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On 29 Jun 2005 at 17:16, David Fox wrote: > I thought I would give an update on my 1966 fasty dash install. I > bought the dash from Kustom1 wharehouse. It looked great. I did a test > fit on the gages, and the dash was too thick. The gages did not fit > right. The springs on the side of the gages would not pop out and hold > it onto the car. I had to get some exacto knives and cut away about a > 1/4" strip off the inside of the dash. This makes me wonder if someone has replaced your gauges with later gauges. Gauges from 71-on, including the last year of the grey faces and all of the black faces, expect a thinner dash by about this amount. Which color are your gauges? > I didn't have to remove the steering wheel either. You're right. You don't have to remove the steering wheel. It just makes the job a lot easier. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~