Cracked dashes

[Richard Clough]

I have been looking at photos of some of the listers cars and noticed some daggy looking cracked dash pads.   Here's a suggestion.   Recently I had to swap a dash pad and I found they are very simple to remove and  replace in the 70/72 design. Using an 8mm socket and removing 6 retaining nuts after taking out the instrument cluster and the glove box.- both easy.   When the dash pad is removed it can be covered with a strip of thin foam rubber.  Then a piece of stretch black vinyl (cost $6) can be pulled over the top and stuck to the underside using contact adhesive ($4 a tin).  If you pull and stick the vinyl correctly you will have no wrinkles and it will look very original.    Refit the pad back on the metal dash top.  It will look new, and $10 is much cheaper than a "reskinned" dash pad.   A friend has done his 68 model this way.  It is a much harder design to cover as you have you cut darts and stitch them at the ends to fit the more complex curved design.  His dash looks like the rest of the car - craftsman built.   --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------