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Originally Posted by slenning
Cut the front edge of the dash top out of 3/4 mdf on one of the cnc's at the cabinet shop. Pretty handy lol
Rule number ONE in auto design......
"No Straight Lines on a Styled Surface"
U might want to redo the dash top slightly.
I suggest u slim down the frame around the instrument cluster by increasing the radius of the topmost line by an inch, then drop the center point till the top is a quarter inch LOWER than original.
Then....the top line that heads over to the right towards glove compartment needs to be lifted 3/8" at the cluster end, and a HUGE radius like 200" to finish 1/4" BELOW original. Mirror that change to the small section on the left of cluster.
From Jim Grant....Australia......ex-Holden division designer.
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Hi Jim thanks for the suggestions, I have included a new drawing showing most of the changes you had mentioned. I did slim down the area above the cluster. You had suggested lifting the top line 3/8" at the cluster end but I thought that it looked too thick when I did that. I used a 1200" radius to finish at 1/4" below the original height at the "glove box" end. I pretty much have all of the programming done to cut the whole top of the dash out of wood. I have cut the front section out based on the new design and I think it looks pretty good! Will post pics when I have a little more.
Thanks again!
BTW I do have about a 36" radius on the top from front to back also.
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