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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lees Summit, MO
Posts: 340
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Update: After unsuccessfully looking for an original dash rail for several months and looking at repro dash rails and reading the negative comments about the repros I decided to see if I could resurrect my old one after all.
After sitting for about 30 years it was mainly holes held together with rust and flaking body filler. I stripped off the old paint and sanded down as much as I could of the old filler to get a smooth surface to start with. Unfortunately as I did this the right side end of the rail broke off when the old filler could no longer hold it together. Thanks to some 3M metallic body repair tape I was able to reattach the end so I could apply fiberglass matting to the entire underside to stabilize the whole dash rail. After it was stabilized it was easier than I anticipated to go over the outer surface with filler and work it back into shape. It took several days of sanding, filling and sanding some more but the end result came out acceptably well. I did lose the captured nuts that secure the rail to the dash rail support underneath but it fit well enough with just the trim screws through the face of the rail that the windshield fit well. Here's a pic of the end result. Many thanks to those that offered their opinions of the repros ! |
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