 Restoring dash/console facing, Anyone have pics of what it *should* look like? |
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| Lavanaut |
 Sep 12 2006, 03:07 PM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet  Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
I recently bought a '74 2.0 from a guy in SoCal. At some point he had replaced the dash and guage-surround with some type of wood veneer. It looks...uhhh...less than beautiful, especially now that it's starting to crack. Anyway, I want to restore it to its original stock look. Does anyone out there have pics of what it should look like? It's easy enough to find pics of the dash basket weave, but I haven't had any luck tracking down pics of the area surrounding the guages.
Many thanks in advance Lava EDIT: Here are some crappy cell phone pics of the areas I'm talking about, hopefully they're good enough to get the point across...   |
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| BarberDave |
Sep 12 2006, 04:49 PM
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Barberdave Group: Members Posts: 1,605 Joined: 12-January 03 From: Wauseon Ohio Member No.: 135 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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Lavanaut: I have a couple of them in my parts stash. $10.00 + shipping. Is there any other parts to the console you need? Let me know. Dave (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif) |
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| Lavanaut |
Sep 12 2006, 05:24 PM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
PM Sent
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| Lavanaut |
Sep 13 2006, 01:12 PM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
D'oh! Looks like there was some confusion about what I was asking for, hopefully the pics I added to my original past provide some level of clarity. Really I'm just looking for a pic or two of what the '74 looked like in those areas, stock...
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| robby750 |
Sep 13 2006, 04:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 6-April 03 From: Lexington, Ky Member No.: 521 Region Association: South East States |
Do these help?
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| robby750 |
Sep 13 2006, 04:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 6-April 03 From: Lexington, Ky Member No.: 521 Region Association: South East States |
That flash sure makes the dust show up.
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| Lavanaut |
Sep 13 2006, 04:22 PM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) *Exactly* what I was looking for, thanks very much. I've got the basketweave on order, any suggestions for the upper, smooth leather/vinyl part? I could just track something down I'm sure, but I'm wondering if there's isn't something standard that folks use for restoration projects...?
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| robby750 |
Sep 13 2006, 04:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 6-April 03 From: Lexington, Ky Member No.: 521 Region Association: South East States |
If you are referring to the area around the tach and speedo, it is painted black metal on early cars and black plastic on later years.
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| Lavanaut |
Sep 14 2006, 02:37 PM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Exactly. Man do I love this forum. Thanks again guys for the info! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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| StratPlayer |
Sep 14 2006, 04:22 PM
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StratPlayer Group: Members Posts: 3,278 Joined: 27-December 02 From: SLC, Utah Member No.: 27 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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You can paint the gauge bezel any color you want... I powdercoated one in Harley Davidson Wrinkle paint, came out excellent.
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| StratPlayer |
Sep 14 2006, 04:23 PM
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StratPlayer Group: Members Posts: 3,278 Joined: 27-December 02 From: SLC, Utah Member No.: 27 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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| Lavanaut |
Sep 14 2006, 04:54 PM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Those look quite nice. I'm going for more of a stock look myself, but it's nice to see what some other folks have done. Now if I can just get my hands on one...
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