hi
my instrument panel was not in good condition, not only aesthetics, but also some of the instruments were not working properly, i.e. the clock was kaputt (showing always 10:10, as if it was in the jewelery window), the temp gauge was untrustworthy, and the speedo reads always the real speed x 0,78888888 (not really good news for the photo-radars, you might be ticketed without realising that your speed was inapropriate, not to mention that you might have an accident while calculating the real speed, cause your male brain will be occupied doing the calculation, not realising that a stop sign is down there whilist "the big truck" is approaching the road cross)
so, to make a long story short it seems that "santa" has dropped a parcel in his flight back to the north pole, and: (sound of trumpets please) :
yeah, an old brand new intrument panel with all the clocks, dated 1974, ready for inspection and renewal
after undoing the screws, use a pocket knife to remove the metal plate
i have to renew the wood "plaque", but that implies also the renewal of all the wood in the car, and that is too much for the moment, so i will just glue some of the loose corners and polish it carefully
sand paper and rust converter
rust converter again
it will continue...
my instrument panel was not in good condition, not only aesthetics, but also some of the instruments were not working properly, i.e. the clock was kaputt (showing always 10:10, as if it was in the jewelery window), the temp gauge was untrustworthy, and the speedo reads always the real speed x 0,78888888 (not really good news for the photo-radars, you might be ticketed without realising that your speed was inapropriate, not to mention that you might have an accident while calculating the real speed, cause your male brain will be occupied doing the calculation, not realising that a stop sign is down there whilist "the big truck" is approaching the road cross)
so, to make a long story short it seems that "santa" has dropped a parcel in his flight back to the north pole, and: (sound of trumpets please) :
yeah, an old brand new intrument panel with all the clocks, dated 1974, ready for inspection and renewal
after undoing the screws, use a pocket knife to remove the metal plate
i have to renew the wood "plaque", but that implies also the renewal of all the wood in the car, and that is too much for the moment, so i will just glue some of the loose corners and polish it carefully
sand paper and rust converter
rust converter again
it will continue...
, but in the next pic you can remember the previos status, and taking that into account, ... it is not that bad, isn´t it ?
