Hello so a couple years ago I customized my dash and installed new gauges and was happy for a long time but now I decided I want to restore it back to original and am remembering what the hell I did back some time ago and am beating myself in the *** for being such a moronic *** hole because I used a grinder to cut part of the metal frame that holds the dash and when I put it back to stock you'll see a huge cut and it'll look like **** and I scowerd the internet and found tras


It looks like they sell it in chevelle but not cutlass

This was the only thing I found and tried to contact them and no response so checked out reviews and supposedly this place is ran by one guy and hes a mess with shipping things




All the holes there and the 2 light switches were there when I bought the car just so you don't thing I'm more crazy than I already am and same with the radio

Here's s what I had done with the dash/ Interior previously

And here's what it looks like now!!!!! 🤪
h any ideas? maybe someone has one of these frame pieces they'll sell me? ? 🙃
Ps gotta love the stickers!!

 

LOL funny post dont be so hard on yourself we all do stuff we regret. Theres plentyof parts sellers on here and those parts dont usually get damaged, post a wanted ad someone will respond

 

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Thanks retroranger!

 

Have you thought about just reproducing a patch panel for that area? It would fairly simple and easy to do in a home garage with minimal tooling.

 

That's a brilliant idea gear head thanks! I'm looking at it again and I think you may be right with a little bit of time and patience I might be able to pull that of! Thanks!

 

That piece of metal is the same on every single 1970-72 Cutlass Olds built. There are a bunch of parts cars around. Shouldn't be particularly difficult to find one.

 

Thanks Joe, if only I could find one so far everyone I ask doesn't seem to have one

 

I'm on the other side of the country but I may have one. I'll check, and if you'd consider shipping from Oregon I'll get some pictures for you.
John

 

I am very interested thank you How much do you think it would cost to ship it? My zip code is 32055 lake city fl thanks John. Dan

 

John I'm sorry I really don't want to waste your time and I just checked and got a message back from scrappie and I'm realizing it's gonna cost a lotore than I thought

Thank you for your help Im gonna close this case and call it a day. I'll definitely try an fabricate a panel and fit it in there and see what happens but for now I don't have the kjnd of money it'll cost to replace it thank you everyone.

 

I have a couple here in Indianapolis that I could cut out and ship. My price would be much less than $500. 317-727-7041
Scott

 

Scott, can i call you tomorrow? Thanks

 

Of course, any reasonable hour.

 

Hello everyone I won't be needing an inner dash frame until further notice. I Bit off more than I can chew as I'm busy with all sorts of other projects on my car and won't even have time to change the dash back to stock for a while... I'll come back when I'm ready. Everything takes so much longer than I plan haha. . ​​​​thank you