I'm pretty sure they are more than that now. Probably double or more. His look's as factory.......... Stitch??????? Sure, ,go ahead and stitch one and show us the pictures of it when you have finished it . You might have just started your self a money making business for the guys that restore cars and want them as original.I do upholstery so I'm just going to stitch myself one. Not paying nearly $400 for a stupid dash pad.
Actually there wouldn't need to be any physical stitching. There are several styles of material that will stretch and mold to create a solid seamless dash pad. People just buy caps most of the time. Nearly every car we get in at work has a cap over the dash pad. Its the cheap and easy way. Can't make a business with 10 customers a year.I'm pretty sure they are more than that now. Probably double or more. His look's as factory.......... Stitch??????? Sure, ,go ahead and stitch one and show us the pictures of it when you have finished it . You might have just started your self a money making business for the guys that restore cars and want them as original.
Actually there wouldn't need to be any physical stitching. There are several styles of material that will stretch and mold to create a solid seamless dash pad. People just buy caps most of the time. Nearly every car we get in at work has a cap over the dash pad. Its the cheap and easy way. Can't make a business with 10 customers a year.
Got any pictures Mearl?When I was looking at just dashes for the 63, it $700 plus shipping both ways. I took it to a lady in Mtn. View who said if I could live with one line of stitching, she thought she could make it look pretty good. When I got it back I thought it was beautiful! The one line made it look like a leather pad, the way it was sewn. The color was perfect and she charged me $48!!
Is it padded ??? Yes I could see stretching material over a steel shell to conform and glue . Padding underneath would be a different story. The just dashes are padded as original and no stiches and look as factory. They have a vacuum process that does this. $48.00 , wow I bet she still has some of that money ,minus the cover material ,padding maybe , and her time.. My car did not have a padded dash,so I did not have that expense. If it did I might have tried that cheap route too, but I am kind of picky that way since I would have probably not been happy with it every time I got in the car and looked at it and get pissed and tear it back out and doing it the way I wanted in the first place. Interesting Merle ,show us pictures.When I was looking at just dashes for the 63, it $700 plus shipping both ways. I took it to a lady in Mtn. View who said if I could live with one line of stitching, she thought she could make it look pretty good. When I got it back I thought it was beautiful! The one line made it look like a leather pad, the way it was sewn. The color was perfect and she charged me $48!!
I make great progress on my projects then it all comes to a halt like an old hit-and-mis engine. Might get this jet boat 454 rebuilt by christmas but we will see.Sounds like you can get it done before Christmas.
Pictures?When I was looking at just dashes for the 63, it $700 plus shipping both ways. I took it to a lady in Mtn. View who said if I could live with one line of stitching, she thought she could make it look pretty good. When I got it back I thought it was beautiful! The one line made it look like a leather pad, the way it was sewn. The color was perfect and she charged me $48!!