1968 Oldsmobile 442 Dashboard Replacement at V8 Speed and Resto Shop

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1968 Oldsmobile 442 Dashboard Replacement at V8 Speed and Resto Shop
Dashing Through The Fabrication Shop in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 at the V8 Speed and Resto Shop
Check out the skilled craftsmanship happening at the V8 Speed and Resto Shop! 🔥 Our talented fabrication team is hard at work welding in a brand new dashboard into a super-cool 1968 Oldsmobile 442. This 442 sits on a Roadster Shop chassis but retains its original appearance.
One of the challenges was to repair the rusty dashboard, but without the support of a reproduction panel made specifically for Oldsmobiles. The solution - adapt a Chevelle piece, mating it to the Olds dashboard to retain the Olds speaker grille and vents while eliminating the rust. The fresh new dashboard is a combination of Chevelle parts and custom-made pieces, replacing the rusty original. The result is a seamless panel that looks like we were never there.
Stay tuned for more updates on this sweet restomod project. We can't wait to unveil the finished ride!
See the photo gallery on the 1968 Oldsmobile 442 Restomod: v8speedshop.com/1968-oldsmobi...
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V8 Speed and Resto Shop
817 S. Main Street
Red Bud, IL 62278
314.783.8325
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[@V8TV]

Reach us at www.v8speedshop.com/contact for help with your Muscle Car restoration!

[@charlesdalton985]

Incredible craftsmanship, as always. If I was the owner, I think I’d be contemplating a clear panel so people could continue to admire this. Thanks for bringing us along. ~ Chuck

[@V8TV]

Wow, thanks for the kind words Charles... and in a way, you'll be able to see - or "not see" - our work through the windshield! 😀

[@andrewstoffel1170]

Absolutely brilliant work👍 shame that the comments have to have a warning about being polite.

[@jameshutchins3396]

Beautiful work as always

[@V8TV]

Thanks James!

[@deltabloo]

I recently did this on my 68 Chevelle convertible. I had to do exactly the same thing, except that since I had already replaced the firewall, it would have hard to separate the MiG welds along the top, so I sectioned in the cowl top. I used the patch panel piece for the front of the dash which fits several cars , so you have to slice it the long way and section that into the dash.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

👍👍👍👍

[@edwardfernald9607]

I wonder if you had problems putting the windshield back in? The spacing on that lower channel looked off by an inch or more

[@V8TV]

Not sure how it appears in the video, but we made sure the lower channel fit the same as the original. The windshield and all the trim fit properly. You can see more detail in the photo gallery on this car here: v8speedshop.com/1968-oldsmobile-442-dr/ Thanks!