Dash pad removal
Am I missing something or is the only way to remove the dash pad on a 72 is to remove the windshield? It sure looks like this was the first piece put in and than the car was built around it! Even with the windshield out I had to tweek it a bit to clear the posts. Just wondering if this is just another one of those hateful jobs us C3 guys have to deal with.
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Re: Dash pad removal
If you got it out without removing the A-pillar interior trim, and didn't crack it, you should buy a lottery ticket. Usually the windshield interior trim has to come out -- and of course that starts at the top with the sun visors and the top trim piece which one otherwise wouldn't have to remove. The C3 interior is like a jig saw puzzle and one always needs to know the key item -- like the hidden screw behind the passenger side dash panel for the upper dash panel.Terry -
Re: Dash pad removal
Leave the car out in the sun so the dash pad gets warmed up. Then you might be able to bend it so that it passes the A-pillars without cracking.
I've always thought that the assembly plant installed the pad before the windshield was in place.
Good luck,
JimComment
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Yea Keith that's how I did it. Should have asked first and I wouldn't had to have strained my brain that much. I had every piece of trim off and the pad was able to move up about 3 inchs but you couldn't angle it far enough to get it out without bending it. Who would have thought that was how it works! I would have loved to see this car go down the assembly line and watch them build it start to finish. ThanksComment
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Use caution in bending the upper dash pad. When new bending them somewhat was no problem, but after ageing for 40 years, like us, they don't bend very well.
Rich: One of the founders of NCRS, Jay Kellogg, was an involved in the engineering of the interior in 1970-1972 (probably for more years, but these are what he discussed). At a Regional long ago he was kind enough to give an impromptu explanation of the key interior differences in these years as part of the Advanced Judging School. It was not planned as part of the event -- just one of those serendipitous events that take place at NCRS meets.TerryComment
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