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![]() Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Posts: 8,115
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Re: Next Project: Dash Pad Replacement
It's laborious, but back before there were 67/72 vendors [~mid-'80s ] I took my brittle Fawn original dash pad, and used a putty scraper to break off old chips of bad grey vinyl.
When I was done I had a naked rough foam pad, with gouges and nicks, etc. I built up the divots with new foam, shaped and shaved irregularities with a razor blade, attached using 3M #77 spray glue. I then had a 1 foot x 7 foot strip of saddle vinyl -- left over from covering my seat. When it looked like it would fit, I shot both surfaces with the 77. [Do this outside -- or don't for a cheap high!] Spray water on one surface so you can pull it back if you get it on wrongwise. I had to tuck some ''darts'' under and rivet then down on the corner ends, but you 'll never see it. If it looks good, let it set up overnight. You still have to deal with all the studs in tight places. Still hanging in there on my '68 C/10 Stepside.
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Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. |
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