1972 Canadian H-Code 340 Dart Swinger Special Resto - Finally started!
Decided to restore my dash panel next, it has a number of holes in it from stereo stuff and manual choke and other things need to be filled. The smaller ones I'll just weld in, the larger one was cut in to it to hold the oil pressure gauge,
Instead of trying to weld in a steel disc and very likely warping this area I decided to glue a piece of steel on the backside with some panel bond adhesive,
first I tapered the edges of the hole on the out side face with a minigrinder to prep that for filler then ran the grinder across the back for the adhesive to grab onto,
Then I used some Allmetal filler and some spot priming on these spots,
Then I just sanded out the scratches and the primer areas and hung them up and gave them two coats of black epoxy sealer
There are times when one can get carried away with expensive materials but my friend Rod 340duster suggested what he used on his was John Deer Blitz Black so I gave shot and it matched the original finish nicely and it only cost $13.00, so thanks for the suggestion Rod.
Decided to restore my dash panel next, it has a number of holes in it from stereo stuff and manual choke and other things need to be filled. The smaller ones I'll just weld in, the larger one was cut in to it to hold the oil pressure gauge,
Instead of trying to weld in a steel disc and very likely warping this area I decided to glue a piece of steel on the backside with some panel bond adhesive,
first I tapered the edges of the hole on the out side face with a minigrinder to prep that for filler then ran the grinder across the back for the adhesive to grab onto,
Then I used some Allmetal filler and some spot priming on these spots,
Then I just sanded out the scratches and the primer areas and hung them up and gave them two coats of black epoxy sealer
There are times when one can get carried away with expensive materials but my friend Rod 340duster suggested what he used on his was John Deer Blitz Black so I gave shot and it matched the original finish nicely and it only cost $13.00, so thanks for the suggestion Rod.
