Allan, I still have the original dash in my car, and am starting to re-veneer
it this week myself. I can assure you it is not straight grained by any stretch
of the imagination. As faded and cracked as it is, there are clearly waves and
swirls, albeit faint, in the original veneer.
Regarding the piece below the steering column, on my car that is a black
plastic piece of material that covers the gap below the column. It has a very
fine, random tight nit pinpoint surface pattern.
Are you sure your current dash is original equipment?
A reminder to all as well that Sunbeam Specialties also sells show quality
replacement dashes at prices competitive with what has been mentioned here (no
affiliation).
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Ballard" <aballard@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Gary Winblad" <garywinblad@comcast.net>
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:37:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Re-veneering the dash
The mystery deepens :)
I stopped by the re-finisher to see the walnut veneer that he had
selected to match
what is on the Tiger's dash, from his old stash.
It isn't burled :)
I've not looked closely at many stock Tiger dash's but mine is about 99%
burl free.
He further stated that the grain should be vertical to match, not left
to right.
He mentioned the color shade but I have forgotten the name of it. In his
view it was a relatively
darkish shade of brown.
Then another question arose.
The small piece that joins the dash beneath the steering column - is it
supposed to match the veneer?
Rgds,
Allan Ballard
Mk1a Tiger
On 6/7/12 3:17 PM, Gary Winblad wrote:
> Well, there is "right" and there is "Prestige". There is no way any
> Tiger came with a dash
> with that perfect mirror finish!
> I think it should be burled but not that burled... it was a cheaper
> cut so to speak, probably
> like your store was telling you. It has burls (and every car is
> different) but not that many
> like what you buy now as burled. But NOT just plain Walnut!!
> And it should be dark like the protected bottom edge. Dark walnut
> stain is what I think
> I used. The dash had a clear plastic type finish. The steering wheel
> had an almost
> opaque brown finish, the wood grain hardly shows, it looked almost
> like brown plastic.
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: awtiger@cox.net
> To: rfraser@bluefrog.com, aballard@ix.netcom.com, tigers@autox.team.net
> Sent: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:47:47 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Re-veneering the dash
>
> Allan:
>
> If you are looking for a quality reproduction of an original Sunbeam
> dash, why not just buy one from Prestige Autowood? I realize that
> they are pricey, but they are very well done and look correct in the
> car. All you'll have to do is install it. I've got one in my car and
> it still looks new after 25 years. Evidently, redoing the original
> dashes must be difficult because you don't see too many of them done
> right; one can almost invariably tell that they were "homemade." From
> my way of thinking, if I'm going to have to be staring at that dash
> for years to come, I would want it right.
>
> http://www.prestigeautowood.com/
>
> My .02 worth,
> Andy Walker
> Edmond, OK
> B382001600LRXFE
> TAC #740
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