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Location: Edmonton Alberta | 57 58 Dodge Coronet push button block off cover for upper left side of dash. And a clock working or not
Thanks! davemckill@hotmail.com
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | 440fury - 2021-01-23 4:03 PM
57 58 Dodge Coronet push button block off cover for upper left side of dash.
Dave: I presume that you are converting to manual transmission or a floor shift system (not sure why). In any event, there wasn't a factory block off plate because if the car wasn't an automatic, it would be a standard (three on the tree) and they would not have installed a automatic shifter bezel on the dash. You are going to have to make one.
If I was in your situation a) I would not put a floor shift into place for an automatic and/or b) if I did really want to delete the shifter buttons, I would make a block off plate. I would start with a cardboard template (typically using a cereal box) and play with that, getting everything right. Then I would make a second generation plate out of 1/8" Masonite. Once I got that sorted, I would transfer the information (shape, need for holes, etc) to a sheet of 1/8" thick aluminum and then cut the plate out of the aluminum, filing, sanding, grinding the edges until they were perfect. After drilling the attachment holes, I would then either cover the plate with an appropriate vinyl, or paint it similar to the dash or I would just polish the plate to a "chrome"-like shine.
The location wouldn't be a terrible place for an extra 2" gauge or a 2" tach or the like.
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Location: Edmonton Alberta | My car was an auto originally. Will now be a floor shifted 5 speed. All the push button stuff is coming out. Has to be a 3 on tree parts car somewhere out there.
Not alot of people will like what I'm doing but I saved the car from being cut into a couch and brought it back on the road 7 years ago with a fresh 413 , trans and disc brake swap. Wanted something different and Now it's got a 91 6bt cummins and 5 speed trans .
My plan with the 3 speed block off plate was to ad a vintage period correct pyrometer. |
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | 440fury - 2021-01-24 6:55 PM
My plan with the 3 speed block off plate was to ad a vintage period correct pyrometer.
That will probably be a good idea for a diesel but again, there won't be a factory 3 spd block off plate. You'll have to make one.
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Location: Edmonton Alberta | They do make them. Very common
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Location: Edmonton Alberta | 56D500boy - 2021-01-24 7:59 PM
440fury - 2021-01-24 6:55 PM
My plan with the 3 speed block off plate was to ad a vintage period correct pyrometer.
That will probably be a good idea for a diesel but again, there won't be a factory 3 spd block off plate. You'll have to make one.
: )
Looks like I Missed one an NOS one on ebay few weeks back
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Location: Ontario, Canada | 56D500boy - 2021-01-24 9:59 PM
440fury - 2021-01-24 6:55 PM
My plan with the 3 speed block off plate was to ad a vintage period correct pyrometer.
That will probably be a good idea for a diesel but again, there won't be a factory 3 spd block off plate. You'll have to make one.
: )
Of course there is. I don’t have one now but there should be lots of them out there! Just the same as radio delete and clock delete plates.
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | LD3 Greg - 2021-01-24 8:35 PM
56D500boy - 2021-01-24 9:59 PM
440fury - 2021-01-24 6:55 PM
My plan with the 3 speed block off plate was to ad a vintage period correct pyrometer.
That will probably be a good idea for a diesel but again, there won't be a factory 3 spd block off plate. You'll have to make one.
Of course there is. I don’t have one now but there should be lots of them out there! Just the same as radio delete and clock delete plates.
Greg
Okay. I was wrong. After considerable effort, I found the PNs for the 1957-58 FACE PLATE, Instrument Panel Gear Selectors in section 23-33-220 of the 55-58 Mopar Parts catalog as:
1698 251 = 57-58 Dodges w/Std. Trans.
1698 250 = 57-58 Dodges w/Powerflite
1698 249 = 57-58 Dodges w/Auto. 3 Speed Trans. (Torqueflite 5 button)
Search eBay comes up with none of those. And none on Grease Monkey garage, Hiltop Mopar or Len Dawson's Mopar
So good luck. Try John at Big M auto wreckers or French Lake Auto wreckers or Wildcat Mopars
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Location: Seville, OH | I am pretty sure I have the block off plate. I just moved recently, so might take a day or two to find. Dave |
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Location: Edmonton Alberta | Great thanks! |
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Location: Edmonton Alberta | Ended up making my own with 3d printer |
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Location: Edmonton Alberta | After no luck, Ended up making my own with 3d printer
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Location: Lower Mainland BC | 440fury - 2021-03-27 10:15 AM
After no luck, Ended up making my own with 3d printer
Looks good.
I would still think that that is a natural place for a 52 mm gauge (or tach) of some kind.
And now you have an OE - looking plate to mount one on.
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