Can I make my own glove box insert?

[sixpack_sid]

I'm looking for a glove box insert on eBay for my 1968 Charger-do you believe they want $30 for a piece of folded cardboard?? I'm thinking of making one myself out of tin. Anyone know the dimensions of the box and if it's possible to do it?
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Sid

[BananaDan]

You can get them repro from Legendary or B/E & A for under $20.  Also check megaparts, herb's, dante's and rtspecialties.net.

[bull]

  No offense but if you don't have the patience to shop around a little you probably don't have the patience to build a decent glove box. If your motivation is to build something that lasts (instead of just being a tightwad) I'd buy one anyway just to take it apart for a pattern to reverse engineer my tin box.

http://www.megapartsusa.com/search.asp?nobox=&scat=&stext=glove+box&stype=&sprice=&pg=2

[HOTROD]

Got me one from some body at the swap meet in columba Mo. New $20. -one of the vinders !

[yeahitsgotahemi!]

Glove box insert made from scrap aluminum I had lying around and pop riveted together. Much more robust than those cardboard stock ones.

[bull]

That looks pretty good. Did you install the light?

[sixpack_sid]

Glove box insert made from scrap aluminum I had lying around and pop riveted together. Much more robust than those cardboard stock ones.

That is NICE!! That's what I'm talking about! Much better than those crappy cardboard inserts. Did you have a pattern? Did you put it in before you put the dash in?

[yeahitsgotahemi!]

That looks pretty good. Did you install the light?

No, I haven't installed the light yet. Haven't gotten to electrical yet, but that shouldn't be a big deal.

Glove box insert made from scrap aluminum I had lying around and pop riveted together. Much more robust than those cardboard stock ones.

That is NICE!! That's what I'm talking about! Much better than those crappy cardboard inserts. Did you have a pattern? Did you put it in before you put the dash in?

I had the dash installed and took measurements, then cut out and bent up pieces. I bent flanges on the open ends that screw in to the dash like the stock cardboard one. I would have preferred to weld instead of rivet it but I don't have a TIG.

[sixpack_sid]

Can you give me the measurements? I have nothing in my glove box to go by.

[sixpack_sid]

You can get them repro from Legendary or B/E & A for under $20.  Also check megaparts, herb's, dante's and rtspecialties.net.

Thanks for the sites! I'll be sure to bookmark those. I found one at Year One for 13.95. Guess that's what I'll go with.