Description

The last 55 plus years have not been kind to the Dash Bezel in your Cougar.  The once bright chrome has faded away and the plastic is beginning to crumble to powder.  We now have a better than factory solution.

Complete Dash Bezel kit for 1967 1968 Cougar XR7

The new dash bezels are far more than a reproduction, they are a fix for many of problems inherent on the original parts.  The weak hollow plastic tubes that were used to attach the passenger side are replaced with threaded steel studs and mounting nuts are included.  The melted plastic studs that held the mounting bracket are replaced by screws.  Ford couldn’t settle on which bracket system to use so these new dash panels will accommodation all of the various combinations.  Early ’68 Cougars got a knee bolster above the glove box. They rounded off the bottom of the dash bezel creating a different profile for the driver and passenger sides.  After January 1st of 1968 they dropped the knee bolster and the passenger side dash was left with and unfinished look at the bottom edge.  We used the much better looking ’67 style bottom profile and you can still use your bolster if you car is so equipped.  Development of these dash bezels took over 3 years!

The dash comes complete with hardware for the threaded studs, the small screws for bracket mounting, new gaskets for sealing the area around the turn signal light and even new green turn signal lenses.  Additionally we supply screws for mounting the instrument cluster to the bezel and also screws to attach the upper mounting bracket to the driver side bezel.

Swapping out the dash bezel is a big job.  You will want to replace the dash lenses at the same time.  The Tach And Speedometer both have a chrome center that is going to look bad next to the new chrome on the bezel.  In particular the oil pressure gauge lens requires removal of the entire dash bezel for replacement.  This is also a good time to verify that your gauges are reading correctly and to consider replacing the bulbs.

What comes in the box: Driver and Passenger side Dash Bezels, Five 1/4 20tpi nuts, Three 10-24tpi nuts,  ten 6 – 19tpi 3/16″ screws,  thirteen 6 – 19tpi 3/4″ screws, set of gaskets for turn signal light openings.  Due to the size of the kit shipping is by UPS ground only.