Dashpad and door panels done
I finished up the pad and moved to the panels. The panels were torn and had a vinyl paint on them. I wanted to keep the pattern on the panels so I decided to lay the new vinyl over the old and use contact cement in the valleys only to see if the pattern would stay. I lucked out and the panels came out nice. I am not going to say perfect but nice. They look a lot better in person than they do in the photos due to shadows that make it look like the panels have loose spots or ridges. They are not there. It was actually pretty easy to do the panels and the whole thing cost me about $40.00 instead of paying big bucks for a new pad and panels. I am going to try and pick up new or very good used inside door handles. The next step is to repaint the dash and other metal panels inside. I think I will powdercoat the chrome part of the inner door handles.
Jack
I finished up the pad and moved to the panels. The panels were torn and had a vinyl paint on them. I wanted to keep the pattern on the panels so I decided to lay the new vinyl over the old and use contact cement in the valleys only to see if the pattern would stay. I lucked out and the panels came out nice. I am not going to say perfect but nice. They look a lot better in person than they do in the photos due to shadows that make it look like the panels have loose spots or ridges. They are not there. It was actually pretty easy to do the panels and the whole thing cost me about $40.00 instead of paying big bucks for a new pad and panels. I am going to try and pick up new or very good used inside door handles. The next step is to repaint the dash and other metal panels inside. I think I will powdercoat the chrome part of the inner door handles.
Jack
