> Joe,
>
> I finished a single piece dash a few month ago. I made the dash out of a
> single piece of 1/2" Black Walnut. What I did for the pattern was
> to use the
> the old dash as a template except I made a few changes to it. One of the
> changes I made was: I used the drivers side dash piece as the template for
> the passenger side to make both sides the same minus the steering wheel
> notch and guages on the passenger side. I also added some
> additional guages.
> I put three guages in the center under the heater controls and I moved the
> Headlight switch and fuel guage over to the left of the
> Speedomoter. For the
> finish I put about eight layers of Polyurethane on both sides to give it a
> really good finish and to seal it from moisture. I put the mounting screws
> in the back of the dashboard using the original wood as a guide for the
> mounting screws so you can't see them from the front at all. There where
> wholes in the metal already for the additional guages so there wasn't any
> modification to the metal at all. the dash fit in pretty easily.
> If you give
> me a couple of days I'll see if I can't get some Pictures posted.
> It was definately worth it to me. The dash looks fantastic.
>
> Cheers,
> Tommy
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Joe Whalley
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 7:09 PM
> > To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> > Subject: single piece dash feasible vs. 3 sections?
> >
> >
> > I want to make a replacement dash, and wonder if anyone has tried to
> > use a single piece of wood, rather than the 3 sections my '72 has now.
> > Seems like it would be just as easy to fit, but I thought I'd ask. I
> > guess I could make it, and at worse, have to cut it into sections.
> >
> > Joe
> > 72 Spitfire -> Norman
> >
>
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