[JasonD]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

I've seen some really nice cars at Barrett-Jackson and I've seen some real doozys. They sell alot of cars so I guess every one can't be perfect.

Speaking of imperfection, the clock in my Judge wasn't working so I decided to take out all the gauges and gauge bezel and give them all a nice restoration. I soon found out that GTO dashes are not built like Trans Am dashes......because it was easier to just take out the entire dash than it was to take out just the gauges.

I had no intention of taking the dash out of this car but it's no problem because that will just make it easier to clean everything up under there and restore my pedal assemblies and stuff. Also it will make it easier to clean the dash pad more throuroughly while it's out.

Here are some pics:

[JasonD]

The dash bezel (like alot of them) had lost just about all it's chrome edging over the years. I really did not want to buy a reproduction because I didn't want to lose the original woodgrain and swirled aluminum inserts.....which are in perfect condition.

So I had my sister mask off all the edges. (my sister is a master at taping and she does the masking on all my cars for me) She masked off everything on the bezel and we painted the edges with chrome paint. The results turned out very good and I'm just very happy to be able to re-use the original bezel.

[Judge273]

Jason looks great, and progress has been amazing. Sounds like a family affair too.
How many hours to date?

[JasonD]

Originally Posted by Judge273

Jason looks great, and progress has been amazing. Sounds like a family affair too.
How many hours to date?

Thanks Mike.

Yes our entire operation is a family affair. We've all been working together in the shop for 15 years now.

We've all worked on this car "after hours" so it's been hard to keep track of the hours, but I would imagine we'd be over 500 hours by this point. Frame-off restos usually run over 1000 hours on even the nicest cars.