I made it from sheet steel 18 gage...I cut the old dash down on the sides just before the curve. I had the original dash out I traced the curve to transfer to the new flat sheet trimmed a bit larger than the span I wanted to replace. A friend who worked at a HVAC shop helped me roll it to get the curve "12 pack cost". You can buy the same piece already done with or with out the ash tray/radio cut outs from Brothers or any other classic truck supply. I use Classic parts of America (www.classicparts.com} for my parts because they are less money and there shipping beats the guys south of me.