Hey...

Anyone ever ripped their cracked-up crappy old dash pad off & left it that way?

A friend of mine did in his '59 Edsel because it was all melted & crappy, but the padded dash was an option in that car.

I'm thinking about trying it in my ponch... is that a bad idea?

How would it look?

xo
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it will look like mine, its metal. mine was a no option car, no radio, padded dash, no nothin. I think it looks good, i like the look and all i did to mine was sand it down, prime it and paint it. I have another dash top im going to airbrush and pinstripe some time soon.

Mine did not come with a padded dash either. When I first got the car the finish on the very top of the dash .
was dull and I thought it was faded from the sun. I even tried to buff/polish it until an older fellow informed me that it was supposed to have somewhat satin finish for glare contol... Dopey me. Makes perfect sense now. My painter thought I was nuts and a bit skeptical when I told him to purposely give the top a satin finish. Afterwards he became a believer. At first glance most folks thinks it's padded.

There are some links to a few photos of my interior posted under "What's your story" and then "Big Red Sled". Maybe you can get some idea what the dash looks like with a satin finish. Maybe the look works for you... maybe not.

Awesome... thanks guys

Luckily mine didn't have the padded dash either. I assume they just put the pad right over a stock dash? I guess if you rip it out it will be just like a reg dash but I'm not sure

Anybody selling padded dash pads to replace ripped ones? Mark L

I doubt it, I hardly ever see 59/60 Pontiacs with padded dashes though.

my dash is padded... and its really nice still just a touch fated....

Got any pics of it?

ummmm these are the only ones i have so far... my small digital camera is dead so i had to use my monster fatty Nikon D50 with a lens thats to big for its own good haha




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kinda maybe looks a little better then it really does in these pics.... but all i really need to do it wipe it of with an ArmorAll wipe... are those okay pics?

Oh wow the whole dash was padded?

the entire thing. its awesome

Thanks safaricat. I always forget about just dashes whenever the conversation comes up. It's hell getting old, LOL. MArk L