[muscle_collector]

heres one on ebay now

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-Tran...m=262304392487

[3tas4me]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

heres one on ebay now

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-Tran...m=262304392487

That car appears to have a depression on the top of the dash pad on the right side of the gauge pod portion. My Y88 seems to have the same thing. Anybody else notice this on any other Y88s or any other '78s?

[muscle_collector]

seen lots of birds over the years with it

[3tas4me]

Any explanation of what caused it?

[Judge273]

I'd say the dash is the least of the concerns of that interior....

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by 3tas4me

Any explanation of what caused it?

I always figured it was either the way they were molded or maybe one of the screws were tightened too tight when installed. who knows but there is a bunch of them with that

[Grand73Am]

Originally Posted by 3tas4me

Any explanation of what caused it?

I have the same dip in my dashes above the gauge pod area and have also wondered about it. I have a nice original dash (out of car) that I've been saving, and it has the same dip. So, I took a close look at it. The reason is that it is one of the locations where the dash is screwed to the dash metal panel on the body. The screw pulls it down in that spot.

[3tas4me]

Originally Posted by Grand73Am

I have the same dip in my dashes above the gauge pod area and have also wondered about it. I have a nice original dash (out of car) that I've been saving, and it has the same dip. So, I took a close look at it. The reason is that it is one of the locations where the dash is screwed to the dash metal panel on the body. The screw pulls it down in that spot.

Interesting. The dip part on mine is out toward the edge, not back in by the metal part.

[muscle_collector]

heres another one, that is dirt cheap

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-Tran...m=131735414710

[Grand73Am]

Originally Posted by 3tas4me

Interesting. The dip part on mine is out toward the edge, not back in by the metal part.

The usual dip I'm referring to is the forward edge of the pad where it meets the metal.

So, it sounds like you mean the rear edge of the pad facing you? My opinion is that a depression in that area was caused somebody or something pushing on that spot. The pad is fairly easily dented with too much pressure, and unfortunately doesn't return to its shape. It's even possible it might have been done at the factory when the dash was shoved into place during assembly.