The 1947 Dodge Build
Also got the dash all torn down to the frame in prep for media blasting. There is some minor surface rust on the inside at the bottom but it’ll be easy to take care of. The brown on the inside is the base coat for the wood graining. The blue you see is where a PO decided to paint the dash and window molding.
Nice close-up of the original woodgraining, which goes horizontally across the dash.
The cloth insulation 71 year old wiring was basically falling apart. There were no fuses anywhere - just a circuit breaker protecting the headlights - safety first back then!
Speedometer which I won’t be using
And the center speaker/switch panel which I will be using with modern switches for headlights, wiper switch, etc
There’s a fairly local place - probably a home-based water transfer outfit - that I will need to check out to see if they can do the woodgraining. Progress, even it’s slow is better than no progress!
Also got the dash all torn down to the frame in prep for media blasting. There is some minor surface rust on the inside at the bottom but it’ll be easy to take care of. The brown on the inside is the base coat for the wood graining. The blue you see is where a PO decided to paint the dash and window molding.
Nice close-up of the original woodgraining, which goes horizontally across the dash.
The cloth insulation 71 year old wiring was basically falling apart. There were no fuses anywhere - just a circuit breaker protecting the headlights - safety first back then!
Speedometer which I won’t be using
And the center speaker/switch panel which I will be using with modern switches for headlights, wiper switch, etc
There’s a fairly local place - probably a home-based water transfer outfit - that I will need to check out to see if they can do the woodgraining. Progress, even it’s slow is better than no progress!
