DASH PIZZAZZ

WE SHOW YOU HOW TO ADD AN ENGINE-TURNED DASH PANEL TO PERSONALIZE YOUR HOT ROD

- TONY THACKER

Hot-rodding has always been about personalization, but not many of today's rodders understand that one of the early drivers of the hobby was the desire to make a cheap car look expensive. Hence the trend of damascene or engine-turned dash inserts like those found in expensive cars such as Bugatti, Lincoln, and, of course, the 1931 Auburn dash that found itself swapped into many a hot rod. Heck, the 1932 Ford V8 had an engine-turned-dash insert.