The vinyl on the dash support I have is not the molded/vacuformed variety a
la 4A/6, but rather upholstery type vinyl that has been glued to the
aluminum. So it wouldn't be hard to replace assuming it's original.
At 10:00 AM 7/16/01 -0600, Steven wrote:
>"culture.virus" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the pics Brian, that is the panel/bezel in question. I've seen a
> > few TR4's that were early enough to have the shiny panel but they did not.
> > Mine is the only one I've seen. I was beginning to doubt the originality of
> > the panel. I guess I really need to get Piggott's book. Since we're talking
> > about minor early '4 details, I've also wondered about the dash support
> > bracket. My original one is cast aluminun and covered in vinyl. I don't see
> > any black paint under the peeling vinyl. Is the vinyl also a distinctive
> > feature of early '4s? Or is it something a PO thought looked nice?
>
>Finally cleaned off the dirt in that shiny panel, around my curved-glass
>gauges. After a year of driving, figured I didn't need to preserve the
>'original dirt'. <g>
>
>My car's dash support is painted aluminum, not vinyl-covered. It's a
>dull black textured paint, though it could have been shiny when it was
>new. I'm glad that's the case too, I remember how hard it is to restore
>the vinyl covered TR6 dash support.
>
>--
>Steven Newell
>Denver, CO
>'62 TR4 CT5018LO
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