midman

Dennis, I think you might be on to something. But like your steering wheel, with all the bull%#*t I had with this dash, it is worlds away better than what I took out. Now on to the door panels which have never been out of the box.

Thanks for the tips. I'll keep working on it. The glove box door hinge has lots of adjustment, you are right there, but the pic I sent is the best fit I could get. The whole padded dash part is shifted down and left on that end relative to the dash frame so the dash light switch cannot make contact because it is too high and the door binds on the right side even after all adjustment. I think I can tweek the center vent assembly brackets to reduce the gap, I just hate flexing the dash because the end result on a 30 year old new dash pad could be CRAAACK! Let's hope that is not what happens. I'll post the results good or bad.

Jonathan, Anything's possible but the dash frame is pristine and all the mounting points were untouched and showed no mounting marks that I could see. The material looks like my original. I have found a couple of internet posts of others that had sub par NOS dashes. Has anyone on here bought one with issues?

Thanks for the ideas Zup. I'll check the glove box door, I hadn't.t thought to check it as it fit in the original dash fine. The dash mounting points in the center all lined up so I don't think that is the issue. It seems like the whole vinyl and padding part of the dash is off from the center to the passenger side, that's why I was guessing at long term storage as a possible issue (maybe stood on end the last 30 years?). I'll keep working on it and tweek some of it out but it still looks a lot better than the original, even with the gaps.

Mine is well before that HLS3057797. The build quality is crap. I'll keep tweaking it to try to get it as close as possible, just frustrating when you buy NOS and have to deal with crappy fit, though finish wise it is nice.

OK, I have had an 70,000 mile unmolested 1972 240Z for a few years now and in that time redid the mechanicals and suspension. Knowing I had a cracked dash I found an NOS dash a couple of years ago. It had a 1982 date code and was uninstalled and still in the original box. Well I recently went to install it and what a disappointment! Nothing lines up! The glove box opening is to low, the hazard switch hole is too far to the right and what a struggle getting the thing back in the car. I had to bend and force the thing to get the mounting holes right and there is a big gap in between the control console and dash. I don't know if this thing tweeked in storage or it was never manufactured right in the first place but frankly the only good thing is it is not cracked. If I had it to do over again I would have had the original dash redone.

Sorry forgot a pic!

Hi everyone, Yes another Newb, but I love my 240Z. I picked it up at the Carlisle Fall auction last year. I am finally getting some time to work on it (starting with the dreaded fume problem!). You have a great site and everyone seems to be really helpful. Hopefully I can contribute in the future. I am an old (50) car guy and I remember when these first came out. I have been into Mustangs for years and currently have an 88 Mustang ASC McClaren sitting next to the Z. Both cool cars in different ways. Anyway thanks for the site and he knowledge I've already picked up here. Chuck