Hey everyone...

I recently bought a '69 2dr sedan "Post" Chevelle. The car recieved a frame off restoration around 3yrs ago and looks great. However, it would appear that the restoration neglected the dashboard. I can see some rust in the crevice where the dash meets the windshield. I was aware of this rust prior to bying the car, so there were no surprises here.

My question: How big of a job would this be to remediate?

Thanks in advance for your opinions/advice!

Brian

ive got the same problem, thanx for postin this, any advice is also much appreciated here...sorry for interupting the thread.
Thanx,
Wally

It coiuld be huge, it could be minor. You might be opening up a can of worms by digging into it.

Andy is right...If you don't plan on repainting I wouldn't touch it yet. I just did mine and thought things looked pretty good after removing the windshield. After poking around with a screw driver I found otherwise. I had to replace the lower dash to cowl panel and will need to do some work on the pillars as well.

Were you able to buy that piece? My NPD and Muscle Factory catalogs did not list a replacement....

Thanks for the warnings all... I may just let it slide a bit. The car hasn't seen any rain since the restore. It won't either.

Strangler, I have not even looked into getting any parts yet.

Brian

It coiuld be huge, it could be minor. You might be opening up a can of worms by digging into it.


Greetings from Canada.

Sorry guys (and Gals), the golden rule(s) on my 68 SS are as follows:
1). It's ALWAYS huge.
2). It's NEVER minor.
3). It's ALWAYS a can of worms that needed to be opened but you really didn't want to, and you hoped it was small... but it wasn't.

Mine was as ignorant of a repair as it could have been.
(whole cars been this way)
I am learning this welding thing the hard way, one rotten rusty piece of metal at a time :yes:.
Wish you better luck.
On mine I had to keep cutting (all the way through to the firewall).

Hey Brian, I have the same problem. In the last Ground Up catalog they had the piece advertised as "comming soon, being tooled". It was advertised as being $50. I have the new catalog and it isn't in there. I need the part and am emailing Ground Up to see if they have the part. My email is mattkinel@hotmail.com. Shoot me an email asking about the part to make sure I follow up with the Ground Up guys. When I hear from them ill be sure to tell you!
-MK

Just recieved the new catalog. Pg 119 shows a Dash Repair/Winshield Channel available:
RDP-430 1964-67 all $49.95
RDP-1424A 1968-72 all $79.95

The problem with the channel is it's one of those "trim to fit" pieces. You have to cut it up to make it fit right. It made for a 70-72 I think, you just have to cut the ends off. Here is a pic of my repair, before and after:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8322/dsc0375lj7.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0375lj7.jpg)
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7258/dsc0370jg1.th.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0370jg1.jpg)http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2491/dsc0383pb5.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0383pb5.jpg)

Painted and finished:
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1237/dsc0029vf5.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0029vf5.jpg)