<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Hi John, </SPAN></div>
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<div class=yiv3347348390MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hi Ed,</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv3347348390MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> I was told by Don Hayter and also Steve Young that the dash wood is African Ribbonstripe Mahogany and the matching window sills (like RR but MG didn’t save a piece in case you got wrecked), glove box and speedo surround were burled or burr or birr walnut.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv3347348390MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> Regards,</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv3347348390MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> John</SPAN></div>
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<div class=yiv3347348390MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> zmagnette-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:zmagnette-bounces@autox.team.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Edward Brorein<BR clear=none><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, 2014 6:17 PM<BR clear=none><B>To:</B> List for the Z Magnette Group - North America<BR clear=none><B>Subject:</B> [Zmagnette] Refinishing dash (facia!) Types of wood it is made out of?</SPAN></div></DIV></DIV>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv3347348390MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Hi all, I've been having a lot of fun restoring my dash. It's been a real education to say the least! After a lot of small repairs required, inflicted by the PO attempting to restore it (it would have been a lot less work if it had never been touched). I've gotten all the veneered parts re-veneered with the appropriate veneers and they are looking really nice. I'm now working on the dash top which is a solid piece of wood. I've gotten it all stripped and sanded smooth. I need to do some work on the cowl or binnacle(?) that sits over the speedometer, which got me investigating what kind of wood this thing was really made out of. I know its been said it is mahogany, but really studying this over, doing some research, and matching it up to a lot of samples of other woods I have, its looking like a dead ringer for walnut actually, and not a very good match for
mahogany. Could it be the factory that made the wood dash assemblies possibly use different wood at different periods when making them??? Thanks, Ed</SPAN></div></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>