[6pack] Anticipation

[Richard Lindsay]

Thanks Lee,
   I'm heading to a destination wedding...and I don't care for weddings.
So...
   I will write up some of the other restoration steps and post them
here...unless I am advised to do otherwise.

Rick


On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 5:11 PM Lee Daniels <lee at automate-it.com> wrote:

> Nice update, Rick. Thanks!
> Regarding "Why did he go to all that trouble when new, beautiful dashboards
> are available?" - I agree with you - part of the joy is in the doing.
> I did a similar re-boot of a Spitfire dash, but nearly 30 years ago.
>
> Happy motoring!
>  Lee
>
> On Mon, August 12, 2019 15:15, Richard Lindsay via 6pack wrote:
> > Hello Friends,
> > With my '75 TR6 heading to the paint shop for a nice two-stage Carmine
> > Red respray, I find myself getting excited about the reassembly process.
> I
> > have a new beige interior waiting to go in after I get the brown carpet
> > installed. Let me share a few pictures to better tell some of the story.
> >
> > First up, here is the interior, stripped and ready for reassembly. The
> > inner paint is Rustoleum burgundy paint, tinted darker with leftover
> black
> > paint. The goal here is rust proofing, not 'pretty'. All of the metal is
> sound
> > and rust free.
> >
> > http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190311_151429.jpg
> >
> >
> > The carpets will be dark brown with black gators on the handbrake and
> > gear lever. Here's the tunnel cover, already upholstered and waiting to
> go in.
> >
> > http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190324_090543.jpg
> >
> >
> > The black vinyl bits of the dash are all new and in their boxes waiting.
> > The original wooden dash was water damaged and de-laminating. The walnut
> > veneer was peeling off. Here's how it looked upon arrival at my shop.
> >
> > http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/P1000380.JPG
> >
> >
> > I carefully removed the instruments, lights and controls then lifted
> > away the plywood dashboard. After cleaning, my first step was
> stabilizing and
> > restoring the wood. I did so by re-cementing all the lamina of the
> plywood
> > with Gorilla Glue for Wood. Once that process was complete and the glue
> cured,
> > I painted (read:
> > saturated) the entire dashboard with Minwax Wood Hardener. Two coats of
> that
> > product left the original plywood substrate (almost as) strong as new, if
> > ugly. I next sanded all surfaces in preparation for the next step: new
> veneer.
> >  Okay, by now you're probably thinking, "Why did he go to all that
> > trouble when new, beautiful dashboards are available?" The answer is
> simple.
> > Its a labor of love. The pleasure is in the 'doing' as much so as
> > the result. Okay, with that out of the way... While waiting for glue and
> > hardeners to cure, I tested stains on scraps of veneer. Sadly I didn't
> > document the colors I used but I remember it was two Minwax stains,
> appied one
> > over the other. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I thought about the
> Carmine
> > Red paint choice (original) and the beige
> > upholstery (color also original) then looked through my stash of veneer.
> I had
> > a sheet of walnut but it was straight grain and offered little
> 'interest'.
> > Also laying about was a sheet of curly maple veneer. I found it
> > interesting so I tested the stain choice. My decision was made. Back at
> the
> > plywood I cleaned away all sanding dust, painted on a coat of glue and
> applied
> > the veneer. I rolled out all the air bubbles then weighted down the
> veneer
> > with every book and gallon paint can that I had sitting about. Two days
> later
> > I trimmed the edges and roughly cut the
> > larger openings with an Exacto knife. A couple of hours with the Dremel
> and a
> > sanding disk had the openings routed in. A small grind stone in the
> Dremel
> > finished the small holes. My garage was covered in fine sawdust as one
> might
> > imagine so I swept and vacuumed for another day. With the veneer
> carefully
> > sanded with #400 sandpaper, and vacuumed clean, I applied the first coat
> of
> > stain. A day later, the second and final color was applied.  Two days
> after
> > that, the first of three coats of urethane clear coat went on. Here's
> how it
> > looks.
> >
> > http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190116_111637.jpg
> >
> >
> > The color is not quite as vibrant as the camera's flash makes it appear,
> > but it does complement the beige upholstery. The über clever ones among
> you
> > may notice that I did not cut the hole for the dash light rheostat! It
> is to
> > be omitted. The instruments are going back in with non-dimmable LED
> lamps. And
> > speaking of instruments...
> >
> > The gauges and lamps came apart for cleaning, testing and refinishing.
> > They were a mess, as anticipated, but no repairs were needed.
> >
> >
> > http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190113_111736.jpg
> >
> >
> > The black trim on most of the chrome bezels was damaged. I stripped it
> > off, cleaned the chrome and reassembled a couple of the gauges. They just
> > didn't look right so back apart they came. I primered then sprayed all
> the
> > bezels with satin black and that did the trick, especially against the
> lighter
> > wood dash. Here's how they look, awaiting reassembly.
> >
> > http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190113_125147.jpg
> >
> >
> > New knobs and switches are in hand. The wiper switch had died, as had
> > the headlight master switch. The warning light bezels cleaned up okay so
> they
> > will (probably) be reused.
> >
> > That's it for now. If interested, I'll share engine, wheels, brakes,
> > suspension, etc., restoration stories. Until then, I hope you enjoyed
> the post
> > as much as I enjoyed reliving it.
> >
> > Rick
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