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TurboRambler
New User | Posts: 1 | Joined: 01/08
Posted: 01/24/08
07:19 PM

Does anyone know if anyone is re-producing 1967 - 1969 Rambler American dash pads? I know some places can restore them but it seems to be really costly.

Thanks!  


 
waynep712
Enthusiast | Posts: 317 | Joined: 10/07
Posted: 01/24/08
08:53 PM

there are ways to recover it yourself....

leveling the cracks with a cutter..
filling the cracks with a proper sandable foam...

spraying the proper glue over the surface and streaching a new cover over it....
it takes several people and a rigid mounting of the dash on a work table...


many places use a large frame to hold the material tight... a radiant heater above it.. and a vacuum table below...  so one it gets plyable  it gets dropped over the dash and vacuumed down around all the openings.. probably over a fresh coat of adhesive...  when i restored cads.. we tryed a few 59  dashboards..  way too complacated...  


 
OrangeJavelin360
New User | Posts: 4 | Joined: 02/08
Posted: 02/03/08
07:18 AM

You may get some assistance form one of these outfits

http://www.ramblerparts.com/

http://www.amcrambler.com/

Tehy helped me with my latest Javelin.  


 
Reagam
New User | Posts: 27 | Joined: 10/07
Posted: 06/19/08
10:47 PM

Did you check one of those outfits? Unless they are doing it, I know of no source reproducing the pads.Apparently there are detail differences between '67 and '69 and therefore, the reasoning has been there isn't enough individual demand- year by year to make the different versions. That is a weak logic as the differences aren't so radical as to not answer the continual demand that I've know of for ten years.

Steve  


 
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