ByStickel Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I was looking at refurbishing the dash pad in my '72 wagon, and when comparing it to one from a '70, they look a little different. My '72 pad is thinner, and flatter from front to back. The '70 seems to have thicker padding with more curve to it, front-to-back. I know that these things all shrank a lot from when new, and perhaps some shrink and distort in different ways. Does anyone know if there were shape variations on any of the '70-'73 dash pads? Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I see two vastly different part numbers for the '70 and up goon dash pad. Probably.... probably a different shape but totally interchangeable. Possibly a totally different supplier and they are exactly the same otherwise. Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 Might not be of use to you, but i refurbished my 510 goon dash mat a little while back. I filled the cracks, then wrapped it completely with a thin yoga mat, then upholstered it in black marine grade vinyl. If you want the details, see my build thread. Dash top starts pretty far down page 14. Quote Link to comment
ByStickel Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Very interesting about the part #s. Thanks, Mike. And I will check out that thread. I appreciate that. Quote Link to comment
yenpit Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 Vintagedashes.com recently released a repop 70-73 dash pad. Not cheap, but bolt in easy! I have used the plastic dash caps before, looked decent for the money spent! Quote Link to comment
4perrev Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 On 7/22/2020 at 11:12 AM, Lockleaf said: Might not be of use to you, but i refurbished my 510 goon dash mat a little while back. I filled the cracks, then wrapped it completely with a thin yoga mat, then upholstered it in black marine grade vinyl. If you want the details, see my build thread. Dash top starts pretty far down page 14. Went and looked at the making....Nice work Buddy. It turned out great!! I have used this method for recovering motorcycle seats. Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Thanks. I can't believe i did that in 2017. For what its worth, that car lives outside and the dash still looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 wheres this link to the dashes? I just see Instagram gram I cant get on Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 I won't get on.... Quote Link to comment
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