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today i was bored so i cut out my old dash and decided to put a dash out of a gti in. i picked up the rabbit yesterday to scrap and get some parts for mine.

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1-2 it's not new, 3-4 shave the door, 5-6 learn some trix, 7-8 make it scrape!, 9-10 show your friend!

didn't see any GTi stuff.. but how far off drivetrain wise was the s-10 setup you dropped your body on? it looks like a lot, but i thought it was close to the right lenght and width

yeah i just got the picture on after you looked at it. anyways the width was right on but the front of the bed was like 4 inches to long but i fixed that and i did it on a s-10 blazer frame not the s-10 pick up

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1-2 it's not new, 3-4 shave the door, 5-6 learn some trix, 7-8 make it scrape!, 9-10 show your friend!

thanks for the info.. and that dash will be a unique one for sure

Neato!!

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!!!FINALLY!!!
-1977 Luv mikado

Make's me wish I was back in "CornValley" so I could come over and check it out! What are you using for a steering colom? I would love (LUV?) to do away with the stock one, and get one that was 3"or 4" shorter.

its a tilt coulmn out of a 92' s10 blazer

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1-2 it's not new, 3-4 shave the door, 5-6 learn some trix, 7-8 make it scrape!, 9-10 show your friend!

How big of a pain is the swap?

great job with the swap out!
I like it. defenitly different(Ina good way!

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1978 Chevy LUV - 2WD - [Work In Progress]
w/1976 1.8L 1815cc Stock Isuzu Motor

http://forums.luvtruck.com/viewtopic.php?t=8843

got my gauges in and my wiring tucked away i even have a lighted glove box and entry lights!

as for the swap are you talking about the column or the dash?

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1-2 it's not new, 3-4 shave the door, 5-6 learn some trix, 7-8 make it scrape!, 9-10 show your friend!

Well, I started askin' about the collum, but after taking another look at the dash, I want to know about both

Damn that looks good!

thanx! well for starters the column wasn't really a swap cause im on a s10 frame so it was a bolt on except for the bracket to mount the column to the dash. as for the dash i cut out the steal dash. then i cut out the dash mounts out of the rabbit and made some 1" spacer out of sheet metal and welded them to my kick panels then welded the dash mounts to that i had to trim off the defrost hole to get the dash to fit right. i might cover the whole thing i fiberglass im still debating it

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1-2 it's not new, 3-4 shave the door, 5-6 learn some trix, 7-8 make it scrape!, 9-10 show your friend!

My stock dash is toast and I am probably going to build an aluminum dash for my truck, but I did do some thinking and my brother gave me some ideas about using a Fierro dash. My brother was the body shop business for a while and he was saying if you find something about the same size and year from like a GM for example chances are there is another dash that will fit in its place relativly easy. I have never actually researched doing this and when my brother says easy it usually isnt but I have had some thoughts about trying it.

why did you have to cut up the rabbit! (VW nut) what are you gonna do with the rabbit when your done?

yeah there was no title so i scraped it i cut the dash mounts out and all. i have the snowflakes that were on it and im selling them if you know anyone. i took the fender flares and lower valence and put them on my rabbit

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1-2 it's not new, 3-4 shave the door, 5-6 learn some trix, 7-8 make it scrape!, 9-10 show your friend!