New Cherry Wood Dash
I thought you guys would like to see the latest dash to come out of the shop.............It's a 74 Dart Sport configuration, restored in ALSA Killer Chrome, and real (NOT vinyl) natural Cherry Wood veneer, hand cut and lacquered.
We've done these with vinyl's in the past, and quite a few...but I got really tired of the characteristics of the vinyls and the extremely thin film & adhesives.
This is the first actual exotic wood dash we've done for an A-Body, and with the outcome, we'll be doing many more. We're doing a gauge console for this one too, and all 4 door panels where the old wood grain was.....all matching Cherry, including the pistol grip.
As far as the ALSA finish, we find that it is better than any other "chrome" paint out there, but due to the fine lines on the dash units, it does not look as snazzy as vacuum plating. We'll use it again, but we'd rather have plating. We used PPG 2K clearcoat on the bezels before finishing with satin black and the Cherry.
See what you think........... Doc
I thought you guys would like to see the latest dash to come out of the shop.............It's a 74 Dart Sport configuration, restored in ALSA Killer Chrome, and real (NOT vinyl) natural Cherry Wood veneer, hand cut and lacquered.
We've done these with vinyl's in the past, and quite a few...but I got really tired of the characteristics of the vinyls and the extremely thin film & adhesives.
This is the first actual exotic wood dash we've done for an A-Body, and with the outcome, we'll be doing many more. We're doing a gauge console for this one too, and all 4 door panels where the old wood grain was.....all matching Cherry, including the pistol grip.
As far as the ALSA finish, we find that it is better than any other "chrome" paint out there, but due to the fine lines on the dash units, it does not look as snazzy as vacuum plating. We'll use it again, but we'd rather have plating. We used PPG 2K clearcoat on the bezels before finishing with satin black and the Cherry.
See what you think........... Doc