Daytona clone progress pics. Dash before and after

[thallium]

The first picture here is what I started with.

[thallium]

intermediate  removed top dash and replaced with new dash.

[thallium]

Just finished today.  I'll be tearing out the carpet and side panels later today and working on that.

[Silver R/T]

nice job man, clean looking, professional

[Lowprofile]

Very nice.  Who makes that steering wheel??  I like it.

[thallium]

It's a grant wheel model #739.  3 spoke 14".  Here is the link.

http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=192821&prmenbr=361

[hotrod98]

I think that's the same wheel that I installed in my wife's cuda. She gets lots of compliments on it. 
Your dash looks great. It's amazing how much difference a nice dash makes in the overall looks of the car.

[BigBlockSam]

hey man, that looks outstanding. your car's coming along and you don't have to stop working on it cause of winter. that cali weather  is great. Rene

[Daytona Guy]

Great work. You can start on mine next. Where did you get the gauges done at?

[thallium]

Thanks for the complements guys. The gauge cluster was in pretty good shape, so I left it alone. All I did was touch it up a bit and repainted all the pieces.   All gauges work.   My other car I had them done at a place called United Speedometer here in riverside. They did a good job on my 68 cluster.

I pulled the carpet and back seat out today. I noticed the passenger side front floor had a lot of surface rust which I grinded off today.   The only thing I can think of is the heater core must be leaking.   I did notice when I was driving it about 6 months ago that a little steam would form on the winshield out of the top heater vents.     Those 2 clues tell me that there is a good chance my heater core might be bad.   What is involved to change out the heater core.   Can I access it from under the dash, from under the passenger side? or am I going to have to tear this whole thing apart again.....


I did a little reading. It looks like I might have to just remove the glove box so I can remove the whole heater, then after the heater is out, I can replace the heater core. It does not look like I'm going to have to take it all apart, just the glove box to access some pieces.  Sound about right?

[kikgas01]

Wanna sell the original steering wheel?

[Lowprofile]

Thanks for the link bro.

[MoparYoungGun]

Great job Thall, looking good .