[70ra455]

I was about begin repairing the 2 cores I have ... but if there are repros ... I'm IN for a '66 with a/c Turquoise ...

[Heybuck]

No, I don't actually have any dashes to sell. But what I do have is a '65 dash top with A/C and a '65 dash top without A/C.

After following this thread for a while, and after it seemed the Swedish connection might be difficult, I thought I may be able to help you guys by getting your dash tops repaired and reskinned here in Melbourne. Have a look here:

http://dashboarddoctor.com.au//beforeafter.html

I had a Holden dash done by these people some years ago and it was fantastic. A good friend of mine had a badly cracked dash in his 1985 W123 Mercedes Coupe and they recovered it to new. And that's a complicated dash.

So, I will take my two dash tops out to these people and see what they say. I'll make sure I get them out of storage this weekend and take a look at them.

No promises on how this will turn out but hopefully it will work for you guys. It might mean getting a bunch of tops shipped over to me then I can get them done and return them.

Stay tuned......

Ian

[Rapdron]

Thanks for your help Ian
My 66 2+2 with ATC could sure use some help!
Ron

[Heybuck]

OK, Today I climbed up into my roof and dragged down these two dash pad tops. I took a lot of pictures so I'll have to post them into some successive replies. But you will see what I'm talking about.

They have been up in the roof since about 1997, when I dragged home my '65 Bonneville 4DRHP. I got quite a few "spares" with the car.

I really could not remember a lot about them so I was a bit shocked when I looked at the top without A/C. It has been very crudely recovered and its basically all coming apart. On top of that, its quite rusty and you can see they didn't even bother to fit the speaker panel into it. Plus, they seem to have made up some sort of grilles to accomodate the demister ducts. I think it would be fair to say that its just no good at all but it might still be saveable????

On the other hand, the A/C dash is all there. Sure, its got cracks and is very brittle but it is in my mind a very suitable core for recovering.

My old Bonneville is resting in a tightly locked up shed some 70 miles from my home, It does NOT have an A/C dash and I'm sure it is a much better core for recovering. However, I have NO IDEA when I could get down there to pull it out. Months probably.

So........ For the interim, can I find a volunteer who might want to send me a speaker grille for the NON A/C style dash top. If I had one of these, I think I could then give the really ratty NON A/C dash to our dash repair guys and see what they say. I'm reluctant to give it to them without the correct speaker grille. I'm sure you all understand why!!

For the dash WITH A/C, I will give it to them "as - is" and get a quote to cover it in RED as this will eventually go into my '65 Parisienne Convertible.

But first, what I need from you guys, is some sort of confirmation that what you are looking at are indeed out of 1965 Pontiac's?

Look forward to some responses please

Ian

Hmmmm, after downloading all these pics I can see they are pretty bad quality. I was rushing to get this done before all the family sat down to dinner. It's Mothers Day here today in Australia! I'll take some more pics tomorrow and see if I can improve on them. Sorry guys

[Heybuck]

Second set of pics

[Heybuck]

Third Set of pics

[Heybuck]

Fourth & final set of pics