Molded Early A glove boxes .(MADE A GOOD one finally)

66Dvert said

WHO??? not me for sure. If you were to see my oops's then you might(nope make that Would) change your opinion. I have a stack of failures still waiting on the bin to fill up so I can take them to the re-cycle center. (hint it's the second load coming up.. ) that glove box in the picture that is going in my car cost me at least $400.00 so far. But it's all downhill from here if I can learn how to jig it up for straight cuts.

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Nigel Hely said

The dash pad on my 1964 Dart was covered in this aweful hessian type fabric, a bit like that stuff used on office pinboards and desk partitions. I had nothing to work from other than photos from the internet but "The Dashboard Doctor" in Colac, Victoria (Australia) came up with this. It has a nice amount of padding, but not sure it will save my life if I head butt it...

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From what I can figure out it's not supposed to save your life, it's really there so you don't dent the dashboard. here is my take on the dart recover. (one of the reasons I want to see if I can make a dash pad.)


This dash pad was actually pretty good compared to some of my other ones .. some of my fixes.


after fixing it turned into this. 1/4" headliner foam over the repaired dash pad and new vinyl.



If I can get the dart pad done I'll go after the Valiant one, but they will be just as smalll as original. no more padding that the original, I'm trying for the smae shape and size.after that I'll branch out to adding my turbo boost and EGT pods into the pad.