dash covering

[studmobile]

Between the drivers edge of the dash pad and the dash is a cardboard like material, originally riveted on. It always seems to break on removal. Is there a US source for this?
Also, on either side is the aluminum plate to cover the corners, covered with a very thin cloth like material. What is a good replacement for the material covering it? Thanks

 

[Green67Alpine]

I came across this same dilemma while finishing the V6 project. I ended up making the "filler" piece by making many cardboard templates until I got one about right, then used a 3/16 or so piece of pvc panel textured on one side smooth on the other, it worked out pretty well. The end pieces I just covered with scraps from the door card covering that was left over, a thinner material would have been preferred but it seems acceptable. Good luck
Tom j

 

[sunalp]

The material is actually thin aluminum.

 

[studmobile]

The material is actually thin aluminum.

Any idea what those pieces were originally covered with, and what a modern alternative would be?

 

[sunalp]

They were covered in a cloth -like vinyl ( whatever was used in the sixties ).
I've always covered them with whatever black vinyl I have. They look fine as they blend in
with the dash cover pretty well. I've used contact cement to hold the vinyl on and they attach
to the sheet metal with two rivets.

 

[studmobile]

Thanks. The original stuff was so thin, didn't know what options there were

 

[Green67Alpine]

The material is actually thin aluminum ?
Even the long piece across the front? I was always under the impression the long piece was a fiberboard type of material and the ends were the thin aluminum (which is all I've ever seen) covered with the thinnest fabric type material I've ever come across.
Tom j

 

[bobbo]

2 end pieces are aluminum. Centre piece is some cardboardy fiber.

 

[alpine_64]

The material is actually thin aluminum ?
Even the long piece across the front? I was always under the impression the long piece was a fiberboard type of material and the ends were the thin aluminum (which is all I've ever seen) covered with the thinnest fabric type material I've ever come across.
Tom j

I agree the long prices under the dash seemed to be the fibreboard like used in the boot finishing panels

The curved side pieces I believe are the aluminium as they are a complex compound curve so would have been a stamped part