Bob sent me a UPS shipping label to send the damaged dashpad back to him. It went back today. While I was out. I dropped my doors off at my stripper. He will soda blast those and get those back to me next week. Got my trunk lid covered in epoxy primer. Let it dry for a while and start applying...
It looks Great. Overall a very nice job. The color is just very slightly darker than my New Legendary seat covers, But since he is getting it back, I asked him to make it a little brighter and I will send a small swath of blue off of the corner edge of my seatcovers along for a match.
My dash pad came in from Bob at ABC Moparts. I was worried right away when I saw the box. Had a square hole in the side of it right about center. Sure enough UPS dinged the box and hit the dash pad right on the point. That's to the right of the gauges that sits above the console. Very obvious...
I thought I was pretty Happy and doing okay until my Dash Pad came in from Arizona, F'n UPS. I'm wise enough to the survey packages for outside damage before I open them. Sure enough there's a nice hole in the box on the outside that was obviously caused by UPS. I get the dashboard out of the...
I have heard that the plastic backed ones will warp over time. My dashpad was in horrible condition. I did some research and found a few vendors that will restore your dash pad with your core and metal backing. Just Dashes was a name that came up pretty often. I took pictures of my dash pad...
Time for an update. I've been back from Vietnam for 2 weeks. Collecting body supplies and having the trunk lid stripped. Last spring and summer when I was home I tried to find a body guy to take this project and failed except for one guy. Came out and looked at it with the clipboard. Emailed me...
If anyone cares, I have a half of a 30 lb cylinder of R12 Freon that I bring to Carlisle with me for the Mopar show for sale. No, it is not fake, it is real R12 Freon. Came out of my stock from my Auto Parts Stores