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Re: Mk III dash question

To: Lancer7676@aol.com, spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Mk III dash question
From: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:14:23 -0600
In-reply-to: Lancer7676@aol.com "Re: Mk III dash question" (Aug 2, 10:34pm)
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Reply-to: "Curtis Carlson" <carlson@navtech.com>
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> 
> Is the black vinyl stock or was it added by  a PO?

>-- End of excerpt from Lancer7676@aol.com


I assume that it was added by the PO.  It was there when I got the car, 
and I've never seen another like it before.  When I got the car, someone 
had glued thick leather on the non-gauge portion of the dash.  Then they 
had glued black textured vinyl to the leather.  I think this was to act 
as ?padding? or backing or something.  There were alot of holes drilled 
and cut into the dash, and a very large 90deg. bend in the passenger 
knee area where the DPO (Disturbed Previous Owner) had bolted a radio.  

Anyway, to make a long story short, I removed everything from the dash, 
sanded it, filled all the holes that shouldn't have been there, pounded 
out the bends, and primed it.  I krinkle painted the gauge section, 
cured it, then re-masked it off.  After that, I  used spray adhesive and 
stuck 1/4" thick closed-cell foam to the (non-gauge) section of the 
dash.  This smoothed out the dents I didn't do a good job with (I'm not 
a professional bodyman) and provided a little padding for the 
inevitable knee-bumps.  Then, over that, I cut the vinyl and glued it to 
the foam.

Looks great, if I do say so myself.

Curt 'n Gert



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Curtis Carlson
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