AHA !!

Thanks chevyII, 1badchevelle !!!

I made a phonecall to covamsthunderroad.

First, you were right. John Covan has his own company, covansclassic was renamed to classicdash. So classicdash owes me my dashboard, but I am going to cancel my order and have the money refunded.

I called Kyle Covan at covansthunderroad. Told him the story and he will get me a price on my desired dashboard. He is John's son, very helpful, nice to talk to and they just started to offer Chevy dashes.

He has a Nova carbon fibre dash in stock and he will send me a price for the assembly....

Well, thank God, this sounds like a solution. Will call AMEX again for the refund (they dont even need to try to make classicdash send my unit).

I keep you guys informed ... THANKS !!

Still no call back.... try again tomorrow.

Maybe something is up with their phones.. I know they just moved to Reno.

noooo, NOT their phone, their ATTITUDE ..... :lol:

Really, if you need a dashboard, call covansthunderroad .... I am so thankful for 1badchevelles note ....

Not a problem I had to learn the hard way as well.:willy:

They called me back today and are looking into your dash. You're in Germany so maybe it's stuck someplace in transit.

Anyways, they said they are on it.

They also appologized for the phones, they just moved the whole company to Nevada and have been having "phone pains" related to the move.

Anyways, will keep you updated.

I have to say this, I bought a Covans dash for my 68' Chevelle 2 yrs ago and its a huge let down. The material is cheap plastic and the fit was pretty crappy. I had to modify the switch brackets to get them to fit and use an ignition switch from a 67' instead of a 68'. The whole dash panel is very flimsy and I'm waiting for it to break in two while I drive down the road! There are lots of others who share the same thoughts I do, however I'm sure there are others who are happy too. The dash "looks" good, I just think the material should have been thicker or a better compound of material. I'm gonna fab a new dash before too long. :mad:

So Covan's original product line rights were sold to another company or what? I see on the new site that Chevy products are coming soon. That seems odd since I know they were available at one time. Maybe a non-compete is about to expire or something.

Anyhow, I've seen on forums in the past some less than stellar reviews of the products. It would be great if maybe the original designer is doing it again. Maybe they'll be a little better because that is a space with little, if any, competition, especially for 3rd gen Novas. It would be great to have some choices of good looking, well built, quality guage consoles.

John

John Covan has the new company covansthunderroad.com - their dash is thicker than the classicdash (former covansclassic) dash .... i think his partner bought him out and john established a new company ....

they were not allowed to produce chevy dashes until now because of a "hermit crab" ??? "permit crap" ? ... i dunno.

kyle said something like that, but that is going beyond my english knowledge ...

so steve, they look into it ? well great, but why didnt anyone contact me or at least send a tracking no ? when ordering at e.g. summit i normally have it in 8 to 10 days and never had problems in transit for about 16 years .... i bet they didnt even send it ....

but thanks for your help, i appreciate it very much ....we will see how it is going on ... although now that i know i would rather go for the thicker version ....

lets see. thanks for your inputs.

I can certainly deal with the fitting of brackets and such, hell these are old cars everything has to be "fitted" right? If the original dash was just made of a better material they would have a much better product on their hands. The dash's look great, I get lots of compliments all the time.

Nothin'
 

I didnt hear ANYTHING until now .....

that order is dead for me. Amex transfers my money back tomorrow and I cant wait to order at convansthunderroad.