<VV> Padded Dash

[George Jones]

Perfectly reasonable plan..... but, the factory pad is glued in place, so
when you remove the pad, don't be surprised to see lots of hard, dry yellow
glue residue all over the place. This stuff isn't easy to remove, but it
will need to be removed, even if you intend to replace the dash pad quickly.
I haven't found a good solvent to make the job easier without needing to
repaint the metal first. Also, with the padded dash option, the speaker
grille and ash tray may look a little odd because they protrude above the
surface of the metal dash a little to allow for the pad. Good luck with it,
it's not the easiest job to do, but it's well worth it when it's all over
and you have the nice new vinyl in place.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Tom Lopez <twlopez at gmail.com> wrote:

> My 1960 700 has a padded dash that is cracked pretty bad. I do know Clarks
> sells replacements for a couple hundred bucks. My question is whats under
> that dash padding. It looks as if a painted metal dash is beneath the
> cracks. What I was thinking was to remove the padding and go without the
> metal dash until I can scrounge up the $$ to buy a repro. Any suggestions
> or
> is this a bad idea? Hopefully someone from this list has peeled away a dead
> dash befoe and can offer some insight. Thanks!
>
> Tom Lopez
> 1960 700 Sedan
> 140cu PG
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