71 Dashpad in 1970 ?

[vilzrod]

Can anyone CONFIRM 100% if I can install a 1971 dashpad in my 1970 Cuda ?..   I want to use my rallye cluster as well

[Topcat]

70 dashpad whether it's a challenger or cuda has scripture ie: Barracuda, Challenger embossed right onto the pad.

Whereas in 71' and on up it was a framed plastic insert with the name Barracuda or Challenger.

[anlauto]

YES..100% it will fit !

[4Cruizn]

YES..100% it will fit !

  they were all interchangeable with all years and models 70 - 74!

['Cuda Hunter]

they were all interchangeable with all years and models 70 - 74!

That's why so many e bodies have mis matched vin tags.

[dodj]

Not sure about a barracuda, but with a Challenger, the lower dash plastic pieces will not match up though. You need '70 plastic to match up with a '70 pad. '71-74 plastic to match up with a 71-74 pad.

[Katfish]

Never heard the yrs wouldn't swap, I remember trading a 70 Challenger pad to my friend for a 440-6 manifold.
He put it in his 71 Cuda, look great even with the Challenger script.

[anlauto]

Not sure about a barracuda, but with a Challenger, the lower dash plastic pieces will not match up though. You need '70 plastic to match up with a '70 pad. '71-74 plastic to match up with a 71-74 pad.

Appearance wise yes, fitment wise no, all the parts fit the same.

[440-6 Challenger]

So if you have a 1970 challenger with a 1971 dash pad (challenger emblem not script) and the VIN plate matches the car, so some put the original VIN tag on the 1971 dash? 

[anlauto]

If you have a 70 Challenger with the correct VIN tag on the dash yet the pad is a 1971-74 style pad, YES your pad has been changed at some point.

[dodj]

Never heard the yrs wouldn't swap, I remember trading a 70 Challenger pad to my friend for a 440-6 manifold.
He put it in his 71 Cuda, look great even with the Challenger script.

They will fit and mount up properly, but the plastic trim pieces will not match up with the dash.

[Katfish]

We probably didn't notice, we were just dumb kids in high school, not much smarter now, haha