Andrew, I drive an 89 one...
Like you said I was blinded by the glare of the dash after a good armour
all-ing so I got a dash mat from Nissan for an exorbitant amount of money.
Now if I may rant:
They were obviously built for people about 5 foot nothing tall, the rear
vision mirror is mounted on the windscreen at my eye-level, so I cant
actually see where I'm going, there is a ceiling mount under the roof
lining, I found that out because the lining fell apart and wouldnt contact
adhere back together!. The windows are absolutely HUGE so the sun heats it
up like a fan forced oven, the seats are like the ones you used to sit on in
kindergarten, screws my lower back and neck since the head support is at the
base of my skull, lumbar support does nothing. And I cant sit up straight
without hitting my head on the roof. I cant wait to get rid of the thing and
register my 200B. For now I deliver pizza in Surfers with it...you'll know
it when you see it...something is squeaking really loud...maybe a brake or
bearing. I dont care.
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Greenbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: Cracked dashes
> richard
>
> mine is like this too, but done with fuzzy/felty/hard wearing carpet.
> because of its "fuzziness" its great to drive on a sunny day as
> there is no annoying windscreen reflection (anyone driven a late
> 80's pulsar??)
>
> andrew
>
> From: "Richard Clough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Datsun 1600" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date sent: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:05:17 +1100
> Organization: 31595-oem-0006546-85749
> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Cracked dashes
>
> > 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.
> >
>
>
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