AZ WTB: sandalwood dash pad

[69Tom]

Want to buy a sandalwood dash pad for a 72 with parchment interior. No cracks, nice condition needed as rest of the interior will be restored.

I have some black and medium green sun visors if interested in a partial trade.

Thanks!

[69Tom]

ttt

[Astro-Balls]

Do you have an existing dash that can be restored?

[69Tom]

Originally Posted by Astro-Balls

Do you have an existing dash that can be restored?

I don't.

[skrenly]

Here is your best bet for a nice dash pad.

They have the color your looking for.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-1968-1...UAAOSwPXdbmarj

[69Tom]

Originally Posted by skrenly

Here is your best bet for a nice dash pad.

They have the color your looking for.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-1968-1...UAAOSwPXdbmarj

They seem to only have saddle, not sandalwood, or am I wrong?

[Astro-Balls]

I have a factory Dash I am going to be offering for sale, I can cover it in the material of your choice, with or without Custom Stitching.

[69Tom]

Originally Posted by Astro-Balls

I have a factory Dash I am going to be offering for sale, I can cover it in the material of your choice, with or without Custom Stitching.

Interesting option. Does it end up looking stock with the covering? Truck is going to be all stock restoration. Also I’m not entirely sure what the correct color is up close. I’ve only seen photos of the correct dash color for a parchment interior.

[Astro-Balls]

Well, It would be a Factory Stock Dash Recovered, just like your seats will be original seats with new covers.
The alternative is a New repopped dash.
like one of these..
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/o...yABEgKOyvD_BwE

[69Tom]

My options are (a) finding a nice original, (b) recovering an existing dash pad with the correct color material, or (c) buying a new one and getting vinyl paint to match the original color. They don’t make the correct color hence why I’m looking for an original. At a minimum I can use it to color match.

[richard2717]

I have a 72 Blazer with what I believe to be the original sandalwood dash. It has parchment interior, but dash and steering column are sandalwood. The pad is busted up pretty bad on the top but the under edge where the screws go in is still in nice shape. I can send you a pc of that for color match if needed as shown on the yellow paper in the pics.

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[skrenly]

Originally Posted by 69Tom

They seem to only have saddle, not sandalwood, or am I wrong?

Yes.

Here is their description. Sandalwood is listed.

"This Dash Pad is made with the same tooling that GM made your original pad with. No one else can say that. Soft foam wrapped with original vinyl. Read other ads carefully. They use words like "like" "close" "better" but these are exact. Available in Black , Metallic Blue, medium blue Dark Saddle, sandalwood, Red and green ."

After you buy one, they as what color you want before they ship it.

[richard2717]

Originally Posted by skrenly

Yes.

Here is their description. Sandalwood is listed.

"This Dash Pad is made with the same tooling that GM made your original pad with. No one else can say that. Soft foam wrapped with original vinyl. Read other ads carefully. They use words like "like" "close" "better" but these are exact. Available in Black , Metallic Blue, medium blue Dark Saddle, sandalwood, Red and green ."

After you buy one, they as what color you want before they ship it.

I think i am going to order one to see how close it is to my original. I could use 2 so it would be great if they are correct.

[72ironmike]

I ordered Sandalwood from Seth and got Saddle ??? So I painted it.

Originally Posted by skrenly

Yes.

Here is their description. Sandalwood is listed.

"This Dash Pad is made with the same tooling that GM made your original pad with. No one else can say that. Soft foam wrapped with original vinyl. Read other ads carefully. They use words like "like" "close" "better" but these are exact. Available in Black , Metallic Blue, medium blue Dark Saddle, sandalwood, Red and green ."

After you buy one, they ask what color you want before they ship it.

[painterljp]

Subscribed just so I can keep track. I need sandlewood also.

[richard2717]

I messaged the Ebay seller earlier to see about getting a sample to match up to my dash. He said he is going to talk with production to see about getting one

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Astro-Balls

Well, It would be a Factory Stock Dash Recovered, just like your seats will be original seats with new covers.
The alternative is a New repopped dash.
like one of these..
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/o...yABEgKOyvD_BwE

I ordered the OER dash pad from Summit Racing.
They shipped me a Dashes Direct brand.
NOT paintable vinyl.
Urethane.
It has a big hump in the middle of the dash that I’m trying to get out.
It sucks.

Be careful ordering.

[Astro-Balls]

I have heard some brands use urethane, what color was it?

I dont know what brand is sold on bey, but they have good reviews.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-1968-1...UAAOSwPXdbmarj

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Astro-Balls

I have heard some brands use urethane, what color was it?

I dont know what brand is sold on bey, but they have good reviews.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-1968-1...UAAOSwPXdbmarj

Mine was just black.
But it was suppose to be vinyl, NOT urethane.
I got tired of trying to buy what I wanted and installed it.
But I hate it.

[Gary 70 Jimmy]

My 70 jimmy has sandalwood seat covers and came with gold trim which meant gold carpet dash paid and steering wheel. So the dash paid is axially 1968 50 anniversary gold not sandalwood brown. Will take some pictures of still has the original dash paid.

[skrenly]

Originally Posted by lolife99

I ordered the OER dash pad from Summit Racing.
They shipped me a Dashes Direct brand.
NOT paintable vinyl.
Urethane.
It has a big hump in the middle of the dash that I’m trying to get out.
It sucks.

Be careful ordering.

To get the hump out of the middle of the pad, I have found that carefully cutting off the center bolt from the pad will do the trick. The center bolt doesn't exactly line up on the factory hole on the dash. If you have already installed it, getting the hump out may be tough.

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by skrenly

To get the hump out of the middle of the pad, I have found that carefully cutting off the center bolt from the pad will do the trick. The center bolt doesn't exactly line up on the factory hole on the dash. If you have already installed it, getting the hump out may be tough.

Thanks for the info.
It looked better before I installed it.

[72ironmike]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Thanks for the info.
It looked better before I installed it.

Keith, I installed mine with same result ! Took radio out and fit the dash pad stud perfect. Tightened it down & no hump no more. Mike.

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by 72ironmike

Keith, I installed mine with same result ! Took radio out and fit the dash pad stud perfect. Tightened it down & no hump no more. Mike.

The radio is out.
It’s more like a curled up edge.
Tightening the center screw doesn’t help.

[69Tom]

Back on track, I'm pretty sure from what I've read, sandalwood dash pads have been discontinued for a few years now. Whether they'll make one special order, I don't know.