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I've got it stretched both ways, held with g clamps and wood, after warming the vynal from the wood stove. But I can't attach a photograph ? Get this message The following error occurred: You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action So no pics :(

Stretching vynal over the windscreen wiper motor end box, to figure out it would have to be cut and a seam stitched to get it stretched over the corner.

This part is ready for reassembly So it's on with the bottom heater/ shelf part of the lower dash. Getting the top plate off and recording the control cable arrangement It doesn't look very pretty, but I'll have to make up some parts like the foam seal inside, of its not available...

Hopefully once covered it will look better, but it's got lots of protective paint Inside too Thing to attend to the main hollow heater/dash tray section.

After welding up, and after some beating and slapping to correct slight distortions. Got a good fit to the original foam and try fit to car. Just a small adjustment to the bottom hole to do and it fits well. It covers the windscreen wiper motor It was rotten along the bottom, I assume from...

Still more getting to do, but it's coming together.

Continuing on with the restoration of the left most box section of the dash. Made card patterns and cut out rotten metal, first part tracked on the bottom. And with a lot of subtle fettling to the corner part its good to tack I will cut and weld the bottom flange separate to get a better...

Got a lovely separation between foam and metal of lower dash, the vynal is still bonded to the foam in one piece. Which would be useful if just doing metal repair.

looking at the entire under dash. Got new rubber seals from Britpart to replace the old melting ones Made some card templates and found some 0.7mm galv steel. The rubber seal fits fine, just hope I've got four.

Finding some small holes while cleaning the black and red under coat off. Wonder if the base red is lead? I'm wearing a respirator anyway and swept up all the dust!! This part is from the far left side

Next part of the under dash needs some re-fabrication It's a bit gone at the bottom So I'm making card pattern to transfer to metal to replace what's been eaten by the tin worm, and to replace any badly corroded parts. Most of its pretty solid though.

Dog ramp finished lol My dog is fourteen, and it's nice for her to be able to get in and out It stows quite easily too

The dog ramp, ready for vynal There's a wooden hook which locks it in place

Thanks. It was not possible to have completely flat foam due to its age I suppose, so there are some undulations to the finish. However I'm very happy with the result and am making a dog ramp which will be covered in vynal too, for my fourteen year old Jack Russell.

5/16 bolts inside binnacle x4 Bottom 2 can just be loose, top ones need to be removed, or in this case returned A bit fiddly have to move around the whites a bit. But it's possible to reach the bottom two to re tighten with an extension So the troops looking lovely, but there's a little...

She's much better with a dash It's taken so long getting the fiddly nights on behind, will have to be tomorrow to fit the vents

It's not perfect, but I'm more than happy with the result.

Actually it's around the needs foam :oops: But I will use a fine fill Since it's impossible to get a completely flat finish between new and old :confused:

Although the vynal shifts well over the repaired foam. It is slightly shorter than the surrounding original factory foam . My concern is that it may sink a little over time and use, so I'll fill it lightly and see how that feels.

Thanks, but I'm concerned about getting a quality finish on the vynal. It's flattened and had some more small bits further filled, so things are going in circles to achieve a good strong flat base. It's actually flatter than it looks in places, like these areas. I'm going to paint over the...