After pricing out new dashes and having someone restore my old one, I decided the best coarse of action is to refurbish the core myself and simply recover it with new vinyl. My core is in really good shape, considering, so I have a great base to work with.
so far I’ve carved out the existing cracks and sanded them down.
I purchased the following:
HH-66 vinyl cement for adhering the new vinyl cover ($17)
Urethane Supply Company 2050-9 Padded dash sandable filler ($20)
2 yds outdoor marine Vinyl ($29)
I’m still waiting on the filler, so can’t do much more until that comes. Seems like a pretty straight forward job.