Cascade Crew

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:18 pm Post subject: Attn: Firebird owners

I am looking for any pictures (don't have to be good ones) of the two brackets on either side of the dash that attach it to the car below the a-pillars (think where your left knee would be while driving).

I have discovered that GM changed the brackets from Camaro to Bird, so I need to replicate the Bird brackets as best I can.

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:24 pm Post subject:

You should have asked any time in the last 3 years when my dash was apart. Now it's all put together again. Laughing

I have a picture of the whole inside of my car. Here is a zoom in on the brackets.

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:27 pm Post subject:

You know I was in the shop looking at it sitting there all cocked off going "F***! at least Jon was smart enough to put a Bird dash back into a Bird..."

Rolling Eyes

RSFreak · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject:

Why not just get those brackets from the Tumwater yard? Confused

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:35 pm Post subject:

Was just at Tumwater this morning. Not gonna drive back 70 miles just for stupid brackets.

Plus the brackets are welded into the a-pillar, so it would be just as hard to build new ones as it would be to try and do a cut and weld on the stockers.

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:39 pm Post subject:

I just added pictures to my first post. I think the dash support bar sat on those tabs and there was a weld nut on the support bar to accept a bolt.

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject:

Oh ya, I just remembered. There was a center brace on the Firebird that doesn't exist on the Camaros. It is a Z shaped metal with a plastic cover on part of it. The bracket bolts to the top of the firewall just under the window and goes down to the radio pod. That one took me a while to figure out and it has to go in first before almost anything else goes in. (Yes, I had to remove the whole freaking dash because it was a left over part that I didn't know what to do with.)

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject:

Jon, you rock, dude. That is exactly what I wanted to see. I have the dash in hand, and I have seen the support bar, and how/where it is tapped. I just needed a look at the Bird brackets. They are much simpler than the Camaro ones (which are about 10" x 2" and have a stud on the top). Should be no problem to bolt something on that comes out at that height.

Thanks! Thumbs up

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QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject:

Hey, it's the least I can do with all the times you've helped me. Cool

Let me know what else you need to know. The dash install is still pretty fresh in my memory and I had it down to bare metal.

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Jon. I too am down to the metal.

Right now kinda stuck with a missing HVAC piece. Gonna see if I can fab something up tomorrow to save a yard run.