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tim deason
08-06-2010, 03:28 AM
I need the whole instrument panel W/O gauges. 81EC Messed up my printed circut board and some tabs were broken. Thanks

vette_1989
08-10-2010, 07:40 AM
Boy I wish I had known you needed this 2 months ago. I threw mine away, because I didn't think anyone would want it. I had it in the attic for 2 1/2 years, and am trying to clean everything out, now that my restoration is complete. I put the dash from a 1994 Pontiac Firebird into the Elky. Good Luck.

violasoundsgood
08-10-2010, 08:33 AM
You can get a new printed circuit board at El Camino Store
http://www.elcaminostore.com/catalogsearch/result/?search_year=1981&q=printed+circuit&x=0&y=0

goodcruiser
08-10-2010, 10:25 AM
Are you saying you need the pod that the guages sit in and the circuit board?If so we may need a little more info,does yours have guages or idiot lights, do you have clock with the tach etc...I believe the pods are the all the same but the circuit boards are different.
Before you get to far have you checked with an auto dismantlers you might by chance find what your looking for at a decent price and I got a whole dash pod including guages and bezel for fifty bucks at a dismantlers.Good luck!

goodcruiser
08-10-2010, 10:35 AM
Vette 1989 I was thinking about changing my dash to a firebird dash also by chance did you take pictures of what you did to make it work? If so I would be interested in seeing what you had to do.Thank you!

Camino80
08-10-2010, 01:59 PM
I have a black dash bezel and the round pod the gauges sit in .Also the clear lens which would need some serious work to clean up. The bezel is in pretty good shape in the fact the silver is completely intact. PM me if your interested in any of these parts.

stev6343
08-10-2010, 02:11 PM
Team, the pods are not the same for full gauges vs the lwarning lites. I just found that today in my 82. Dale

vette_1989
08-10-2010, 03:54 PM
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/LT1T56/Picture%20Board/DashPadTrial1.jpg

I have hundreds of pictures of the Firebird dash. You can email me at joejudkins@sbcglobal.net if you need additional pictures or help in doing a similar install. It is not a project for the faint-of-heart. I had a doner 1994 Firebird and we cut up the floors and firewall to do the install. The dash fits perfectly as far as the width, and the steering column is also in the same position. So not an imposible project, but you'll need some welding and fabrication skills. You can see the full restoration in the 5th generation Gallery just search for vette_1989 (http://www.elcaminocentral.com/gallery.php?g2_itemId=59396) and you can get a flavor of what my son and I did in the 2 1/2 years it took us to complete the restoration.
Joe