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Re: Dash Top Cover

To: "1979MGB" <1979mgb@vixa.voyager.net>, <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Dash Top Cover
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:02:47 -0400
Didn't affect mine

Larry

At this exact moment in time 6/26/00 9:59, 1979mgb@vixa.voyager.net made 
the profound statement:

>I have a dash top I'm going to install soon also and had one question. I
>have a tonneau cover that fits great.  If I put this cover on the dash I'm
>afraid it will be too high or make the cover stretch too far to reach -
>barely stretches now.  Does anyone know if this will affect my tonnearu fit?
>
>thanks
>
>Denny
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ATWEDITOR@aol.com <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
>To: rsexson@excite.com <rsexson@excite.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
><mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000 9:04 AM
>Subject: Re: Dash Top Cover
>
>
>>In a message dated 00-06-24 12:45:04 EDT, rsexson@excite.com writes:
>>
>><< Does anyone know anything about installing a vinal dash top cover? >>
>>
>>I did it to a GT several months ago, and generally got good results.  It is
>a
>>pain keeping pressure all along the cover as it dries, and while I laughed
>at
>>the instructions that recommended mashing roles of toilet paper to hold the
>>thing down, in the end that was the way to go.
>>
>>I did have some trouble with fit.  The cover wasn't quite big enough, and I
>>ended with a slight split on the bottom of the passenger side that I have
>yet
>>to patch.  Also, I had to grind away a lot of the bad parts of the cracked
>>and buckled old dash with a sur-form, but I expected that.  Instructions
>also
>>tell you to be careful with the adhesive.  Also true.  I have one spot that
>>is not well adhered, and I have to fid a way to attach that after the fact.
>>
>>My roadster already had one of these patch tops on it when I bought
>it--took
>>be six months to realize.  It still looks good 3 years later.  This may not
>>be the purist way to fix a nasty looking dash, but the results are
>>near-original in appearance.
>>
>>Jay Donoghue
>>72 B
>>72 B-GT
>>66 Mustang
>>


Larry Macy
78 Midget

Keep your top down and your chin up

Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104

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