Wood dash

86capri62 · Post by **86capri62** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:18 am

I just had to take my dash out today and found that the wood panel is not an appliqué as I tought. It is real veneer with laminated surface and all my panels match. Is this normal? Or should it be just an appliqué.

Post by **negusm** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:51 am

That is correct.

Is yours screwed down or glued? The 85s were screwed down.

-Mike

86capri62 · Post by **86capri62** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:27 am

It is screwed at four places.
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svo413 · Post by **svo413** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:58 pm

My Feb (Ford date) production car had owner installed screws in the wood vineer and the wood was painted black. Since the screws were too long and went into the cluster lens, I assumed they were not original along with the black paint. There were no screws on the passenger side. Looks like double sided tape was used originally.

The interior saw a fair amount of sun fade so I guess the wood looked crappy and was painted by the last owner. Console trim cleaned up nicely and I refinished it with polyurthane. Now I need to get the panels reflocked before installing the new wood without screws. The flocking turns to a goo and is not easy to get off. Someone suggested using the fake wood grain panels and flocking them.

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