<VV> Padded Dash

[Dave Thompson]

Ton,
I have never removed or replaced a dash. However, the previous owner did on
my Spyder. It looks great! One thing to look out for is trimming the hole
for the ash tray. He trimmed a little too much and I cannot snap the ash
tray all the way down without the trimmed edge of the padded dash flipping
out around the edges. With the ash tray up that far, it not open. In the
position that looks right, nobody can tell unless they try to open it. It
isn't that big of a deal for me but it would be nice if I could open it. Cut
yours out too small at first. You can always cut more but you can't put it
back.

Dave Thompson
63 Spyder vert
Westminster, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lopez [mailto:twlopez at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 8:14 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Padded Dash

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