I never liked the design of the 33-34 dash so I [and my body man] whipped this up. It's a 34 chevy bottom half welded to a 34 top half and a Champion insert turned upside down...Originally I had a full set of swap meet S/W gauges but they had so much dust inside they were unreadable at night.
My cheap traffic sign dash. I made both the dash & glove box door from a 35MPH speed limit sign free from road dept. Then I made the glove box from the wife's' mat board & covered the dash form a leather skit that Chiquita donated @ the thrift store for $1.00. The speedo from a swap meet for $20.00 & I had the fuel & amp gauges that were extra from previous car buys. I did have to sprnig for the under dash gauges from O'Reillys.
For my chopped sedan. Started with a top rail and sides that had the remainder of the dash cut out. Made some hammer forms and patched her up. Gauge insert is 1/4" aluminum with a hand formed br*** bezel, 5" cop speedo will sit in the center.