Just my $.02 worth --- this one you can do yourself. I put in a new wood
dash from Prestige Autowood on the Spit a few weeks ago, and since I had to
take everything apart, I decided to re-cover my old, ugly, cracked dash
top. I bought some marine vinyl and covered it using 3M Super Adhesive
spray (NOT the regular stuff) for the flat areas, and Contact Cement around
curves and tough spots. The top came out so nice looking, I ended up
re-covering the lower dash trim as well (used only Contact Cement for that
part --- no flat areas).
The combination of the new wood and new covering looks absolutely
fantastic. The covering of the dash was not very hard, and wasn't even as
messy as I'd been led to believe. You just have to work real slow
stretching it around the curves and countours so no buckling arises. I have
also used this to build new door panels for the spit. For about $50 you can
get enough vinyl, door boarding, foam padding, adhesives, etc for two doors
and the dash!
On the VTR web site there is a page dealing w/ re-covering a dash in this
manner. Actually, I found it to be MUCH easier than even that page led me
to believe.
- Dave Moag
77 Spitfire
62 TR3B
On Monday, January 19, 1998 1:43 PM, Brad Kahler [SMTP:Brad.Kahler@141.com]
wrote:
> If anyone is having trouble finding a replacement dash for the Spit,
> TR or whatever I found that a place Dash Specialist in Oregon does an
> outstanding job of rebuilding the old vinyl covered dashes. I sent
> them a pretty poor condition dash from my 64 Spit and it came back
> looking like a brand new one. The only complaint I had was the
> ashtray opening was borderline cut to big. Other than that I am
> extremely pleased with they provided. The price was over $200 but
> well worth it.
>
> As usual I have no vested interested interest in this company, I'm
> just happy with the results.
>
>
>
> Brad
>
> 1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L
> 1964 TR4 (coming soon!)
> 1951 Dodge Truck 82217766 B-3-B-108
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