When I wrote the first email I had been turned down at several upholstery
shops and had about given up. Then I went by another shop and showed the
dash to a guy, who although hesitant, decided to take the project on. I am
not too concerned about perfection or originality, just something that
looks good and won't crumble when I touch it. For $185, he is going to
rebuild it and recover it in the color and vinyl grade of my choice, trying
to match the original (shape) as closely as possible. That isn't too bad
considering an overlay is about $100, and then I'd still be stuck with an
ugly, crumbling, *black* dash!
adrian
"J. Adrian Barnes" wrote:
> Just curious what methods any of you used to repair your dashes. Mine
> has the customary cracks on top, but also some cracks other places, and
> a chunk out of the bottom. The vinyl covering is very fragile as well.
> Would "soaking" it in Armor-All help the vinyl any? Also, why doesn't
> somebody manufacture replacement dashes? If somebody does, I haven't
> found them yet. It seems the dash is also weak (floppy) at the cracks
> on top. Do overlays help with that any? Thanks!
>
> adrian
>
> 1500 under construction
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> J. Adrian Barnes
> http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
> http://www.ravineware.com
>
> "When there was no meat, we ate
> fowl. When there was no fowl we
> ate crawdads. When there were no
> crawdads we ate sand."
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J. Adrian Barnes
http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
http://www.ravineware.com
"When there was no meat, we ate
fowl. When there was no fowl we
ate crawdads. When there were no
crawdads we ate sand."
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