Anyone out there ever remove the dash pad from a '57 Olds ? According to the shop manual, it is glued in, but doesn't say if the metal panel to which it is glued is removable. A new dash is available to replace the old cracked one, but I'm not sure if you can remove the metal panel to glue the new one on, or if it must be done in the car. Thanks

 

My 55 had a fiberglass shell, that was glued to the factory dash. No fasteners, and the metal dash itself is not removable.

 

The dash pad is glued on.
The metal dash is welded in place.
I got a nice new pad from these folks based in Sweden (took about 4 weeks)

http://www.autoline.se/

Bill

 

Bill what did it cost and was shipping high etc?

is it a new pad or a repaired pad

trrying to decide what to do with the pad in my 66 Grand Prix...

 

As I recall it was $800 including shipping. It was still less than Just Dashes (your other option).
It's a new pad. I didn't send them the old one.

This is the link to the thread about the dash pad:

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...d-options.html

 

Bill - I went to the link you sent for the company in Sweden, but I could not understand anything there (don't speak the language). Didn't see any way to convert to English. How did you communicate with them ?

Thanks,
Bill (tinlizzie23)

 

There's a tab on the home page near the upper right, below the companies base information that has "English" on it, click on it.

 

chrome asks if you want to translate as soon as you go on a foreign site..

i'm sure the others have it you just have to turn it on