I came across a clean 260 dash would like to know if I can use this in my 77 280 I understand the wire harness and guages are different (those i presume can be swapped) other than that will this work?

Also being a factory dash there is no UV protection is there a paste, spray or something that can be applied (outside of regular car care products) to protect it?

You will have no problem mounting the 260 dash in the 280. There aren't any differances that I came across in bolt patterns when I compared my 78 dash to my 74...

I think either escanlon or 2many can comment about what products they recommend on dash preservation

Try doing a search on this subject. I remember a couple of posts recommending a product a while back.

Thanks Ed and St stephen

I did the search and the thread I found was the one that originally educated me on the damage of UV rays. the only product mentioned for protection was a "Mothers" product to be applied every 30 days. What I wanted to know is there a product that would bring the old dash up to new dash protection.

The Ultimate question is should I have my dash recovered with vynil that has the UV protection in it around $600 to $800 or buy a used factory dash for a over half of that, which may someday crack anyway.

thanx again