My Mk. I B has one that a PO installed. It is a thin piece of veneer that
just fills the instrument cluster. A matching piece is on the speaker
housing. I would say this item falls in the hokey/cheap category. I left it
in because of the "patina", and the fact that it had matching aluminum
billet door handles and window-winders with wood inserts, a woodrim wheel,
and walnut shift knob. [As an aside, I have never seen this door handle set,
or this exact wheel (with three evenly-spaced slotted spokes), on any other
British car]
I suspect there are better products on the market than this. But I don't
really think the early B dashes are a good application for this sort of
thing. You are obviously talking about the late B dash, which is a much more
reasonable proposition.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 10/11/05 11:27 AM, John.Hed@faa.gov at John.Hed@faa.gov wrote:
> Another question for the group.
>
> I see advertised out there (in various catalogs and online) a wood dash
> overlay kits for the MGB. Anyone out there installed one? Do they look
> nice or are they hokey/cheap? Would you do it again if given the chance?
> If you don't like it, can you remove them or is the dash trashed? As
> usual, any advise is appreciated.
>
> John Hed
> 80 MGB LE
> john.hed@faa.gov
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