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Is anyone interested in these at a cost of $55+P/H.They would be black plastic.
Cheers,
Graham

Graham,

I'll take one.

Thanks,

Craig.

Craig,
Already reserved 1 for you.
Cheers,
Graham

Hi Graham, Where & when could I see one prior to placing my order?
Regards, Gary

I'll take a photo tonight and post it or Sunday at the classic car races at eastern creek I'll be there late or give me a call maybe we can meet up.

Cheers,
Graham

Hi Graham,
Could you email me some pics of the FC dash surround. ;)
Thanks :)
Regards ACE 8)

I would be interested but would'nt mind seeing a picture first

Murray

Here is a picture.
Cheers,
Graham

I have sent you a PM regarding these Graham...... CHEERS SLIM

Graham,

Two please.


Cheers

Spinner

Three please Graham,

Regards

Edward

Well the Facia's have arrived.And they do the trick.No they are not perfect but with a little fiddling they will look much better then the old stuffed ones.
Cheers,
Graham ;)

Hiya Graham! Im looking for some fascia surrounds myself and just read your email. Its probably too late as I noticed the date you wrote it was ancient!! Anyway,If you might still happen to have one could you please let me know...or even if you might know of where else I could get one from. Thanks very much! Miss Brown.

hey guys we have a problem

we have the fc with the 350

lj torana column, the column is 2 close 2 the dash and the plastic peace wont fit and the other problem is the speedo facia has been chromed alon with the glovebox and there are holes around the facia

what 2 do?

First, you will note that the boards here are grouped into meaningful categories, and your question really belongs in "Modification Help".

The fat column shroud from Toranas and Kingswoods of that era don't fit very well with the dash shroud.  This is a close-up of johnrap's dash, which doesn't have the dash shroud.



Seems to me you either have to alter the shape of the column shroud to suit the dash shroud, go with a different column, or get an FE dash chromed, which doesn't have the shroud screw holes.  Or like John, create a knock-out customised dash ;D

cheers
RET

graham,
             I need one of these, do you have any left at this late stage????????????????
                                                            TAYZ (my car looks like a bloody FE)

I am waiting on stock at present.
Cheers,
Graham

We would like to have one for our FC so if possible I would like to order one :).....please.......

I still want one of these please



                                                TTAYZ

These will be available again if the guy that makes them for me pulls his finger out.I will chase him again and advise.
Cheers,
Graham

Hi Graham,  Whem they are available again could I get 3 of them please.
 
    Cheers Al

Could I have one as well.

Best regrards,

Steve.

hi graham
can i get one, let me know how 0403963431

Peter

I should be receiving stock of these surrounds in a few weeks does anyone need 1 .
Cheers,
Graham

Could I buy one please
                    Thanks, Glenn m

 I spoke to Dale McShane from Classic Plastic and he makes and sells FC dash surrounds . Shane is on the Gold coast. I have seen his and they are quite OK. Im not sure if these are the same ones  or not as is being sold here. Shane  also makes a few weird FC tailights if thats your thing.
Cheers streetneat- Andrew.

Any stock of these left?

ta
Cam

Cam I am expecting some in about a week and a half.
Cheers,
Graham

Hi Graham,

If you still have one of these on the market?  I'll take one.

PM or Reply and I'll arrange $$.

Phil

Hello Graham,
If the plastic dash surrounds are still available, I will take one. I am guessing we arrange bank transfer or credit card for payment, I only joined this site today, so not sure what goes on.
Thanks
Hectors

Hi Graham,  any surrounds on hand?  
Pls advise payment method.
ta
Cam

Are there any dash surrounds still for sale?

Sorry not at the moment>
Cheers,
Graham

Andrew,

Does Dale still do these?

I couldnt find out too much info looking around, I did find a contact for Carrara, does that sound about right?

hi Guys,
These should be available in the new year. I will advise when more info becomes available.
cheers,
Graham

Do you have pictures of them Graham?

 8)

 Hi Graham,
we would also like 2 of these when they are available
just let me know how much etc when they are.Cheers Iris



 (another problem solved) :)

While I was at Toowoomba swap yesterday  took a look at the Dash Surrounds that Harrison's early Spares sell, made of fibreglass looked good and sell for $65 only have his word but he said they fitted very well, can supply contact details is needed .......FC427.......

Bump for some recent requests.

FC 427 - you should speak to a few people who have tried to fit the fibreglass items :-\

Ken

hey is it possible for me to get a dash surrounding?
how wil you get it to me and how will i pay etc???
let me know
thanks
Eric

Are the dash surrounds available? or does someone have a contact where one can be purchased? or does someone out there have one for sale,

Regards Allan
0428190381

Rares now have the dash surround listed on their site with a price on an "order now" basis. They are very close to being ready now.

Ken

Hi All,

Has anyone received one of these yet?

I orderd one in May and the local RS supplier doesn't seem to know what's taking so long.

Cheers,

Phil

I approved the original prototype and a complete order was placed - when they arrived a trial fit was made to check that they were right and they were not right. The supplier had not reproduced the same quality that had been achieved on the prototype. So the whole lot were sent back for replacement. Still waiting for a new batch to arrive which hopefully will be better.

Can't do much about it really.

Ken

Thanks for the heads-up Ken. 

No stress for me as I'm currently working on body and paint.

Cheers,

Phil

Rare Spares released the FC Dash Facia last week & I picked up a new one yesterday & returned it today as it did not fit correctly.

Has any one else purchased one of these in the last week & tried to fit it as they only had one other in store & it was the same as the one I returned.

I took in a complete dash panel with instruments with the original Holden facia to show the difference betwen the two & the staff also agreed that the new facia's were not correct & refunded my money & advised head office.

The moulding on the facia seems to be too deep & sits proud where it fits over the fuel & idiot light guage & does not fit flush enough onto the steel dash so that when mounted you can see the 2 top screw holes quite clearly & also the gaps around the guages.

It doesn't seem to fit too bad if no guages are fitted.

Just wondering what went wrong & hopefully we will have some soon that fit just perfect.

Rob.

hey

i`d like to know this aswell as i`m the person who kindly lent their NOS dash surround to rares so
they could get it reproduced .

i know the first batch came through as a dud run .

so does this mean the second batch has come through crap aswell ?

or did some of the first batch filter through the system into a few of the rares out lets ?   :-\

I will ring next week & find out. I have not seen or approved a second batch yet.

It does sound like the second batch are not quite right though since the first batch wouldn't even screw to the dash.

Ken

Thanks guy's
Funny that they were released with out running the new batch through you guy's for approval, I had one on order & received a call last week as they were ready.

They do screw to the dash now but just don't fit very well.
The left & right screw holes above the fuel & light guage look to have been re located & have some sort of white body filler inserted to correct the screw hole location.

Have to wait & see what Ken finds out when he calls next week.

Rob.

I am very disappointed with this outcome - apparently because the original was approved, the order cannot be returned. So the ones for sale are the ones that I have deemed no good.
Now those of you who know me would know that I am a supporter of Rare Spares because the vast majority of the parts they sell are good value even though some need a little rework to fit precisely.
HOWEVER, in this case I would suggest NOT buying this product because I do not believe it suits the purpose.

Ken

Ken, what are the repro's made of ? Mine was always good but when i checked my dash last week it has started to disintergrate, i'm now in the same boat as everyone else in need of one.

The repros are made of plastic - the same as original. Not fiberglass.

Ken

Hi guys

I'm going to be needing a new surround when the wagon goes back together. I think mine is way beyond repair.

Are there any on the market that fit properly ?
Have Rare Spares fixed the problem ones ?

Ta
 8) 8) 8)

Bump.

Any further news on these surrounds?  ???

John

These are now for sale at Rare Spares outlets. We have seen a new one at the club which looked reasonably good - once again it was not given to us to approve which is disappointing.


Ken

A follow up - there seems to be still some delays with these - I was informed that these were available but apparently they still are not at outlets.

Will make some calls and find out

Ken

Thanks Ken.

I took a trip to rares at prospect nsw on saturday to get some more stuff for the FC, I asked about the facia and after a look on the terrminal the guy said that the facia will now be sold as a kit (screws inc.) and sould be back on sale soon.
Regards Jim 

Latest news is they should be in stock at Rares Melbourne w/house around 2nd Dec. I was up at Prospect on saturday to grab some other gear and asked the question. I have one on order.
Regards Jim

this is good news... ::)

I forgot to reply to this thread :P
The dash surrounds have been in for a while but since it is being sold as a kit with screws, they were waiting for one particular short screw that goes in the bottom of the dash surround. It had to come from the USA. Seems amazing that it was not available in Australia.

Ken

Sound like a joke to me im sure they didnt look very hard.

G'day all, I have just returned from picking up the new dash facia from Rares Prospect. I've done a test fit on dash panel and it fits really well. The only thing I had to do was ream out the screw holes a little to get the screws started, then fitted it up.

(http://i.imgur.com/IxZud.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/CuhGc.jpg)

Hopr this will soothe some of your nerves.
Regards Jim

Them custom made screws were tight maybe they could have got some at the local shop the right size..


Looks good..

looks good.

Looking it up in the parts book :

Instrument Panel Shield
round head cross recess tap. type "BT"  No. 6--- 20 x 3/8"
part number  273866  x 4

can figure out all but "BT"  ???

still only have FE so dont know about these later models and modern features  :D

Cheers Stewy   8)

"BT" means that the screw has a cut out in the start of the thread specifically for screwing it into plastic where a normal screw would split the plastic - this is why the screws could not be sourced here - they are a special plastic screw

Ken

are they still $55...

On the rares web site $89.95

With the prices of things these days, still not to bad a price methinks

Cheers Stewy   8)

I paid $200 for a glass one still happy tho and should never distort.


http://www2.dupont.com/Plastics/en_US/assets/downloads/design/DCI283.pdf

Theres some handy screw info..

Club price was $70 they have two different size screws, three for the top & sides and a longer one for the bottom. As I said yesterday I found the part fitted fine, it looks great and was worth the wait. Now it will have to wait for the rest of the car so I can see how good it all looks.
Jim

Finally turned up at Rares ROX/PARK thanks to KEN and his patience.It is so lite and fits so good i will  just silicone it on ,worth the wait. ;D