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The unfortunate reality is that my beautiful hatteras green metallic (paint code 8 for those wondering) dashpad on my 75 is toast. A gentle tap of a pinkie cracks it, not to mention the river sized channels that go through it already.
I see on LMC, there's a $300 "reproduction"; CJ Pony has a $200 reproduction and a $335 (on sale!) "original tooling" one. Dennis-Carpetner also has one for $340 though it does not say whether its a repro or original tooling (but based on the pix and price, I suspect it's original tooling)...
So can anyone chime in on what's worth getting? The part number, I believe, is D3TZ-1004282-C. Is there anywhere to get one painted in the original color? Ironically, I was watching a YouTuber by the name of Junkyard Mook who is restoring a previously-flooded 78 camper explorer special - her interior is Jade Glow I believe and a fan sent her a replacement dash pad... which is hatteras green :|
I suppose while on the subject - what about door panels? Mine are toast thanks to one of the previous owners :\
The unfortunate reality is that my beautiful hatteras green metallic (paint code 8 for those wondering) dashpad on my 75 is toast. A gentle tap of a pinkie cracks it, not to mention the river sized channels that go through it already.
I see on LMC, there's a $300 "reproduction"; CJ Pony has a $200 reproduction and a $335 (on sale!) "original tooling" one. Dennis-Carpetner also has one for $340 though it does not say whether its a repro or original tooling (but based on the pix and price, I suspect it's original tooling)...
So can anyone chime in on what's worth getting? The part number, I believe, is D3TZ-1004282-C. Is there anywhere to get one painted in the original color? Ironically, I was watching a YouTuber by the name of Junkyard Mook who is restoring a previously-flooded 78 camper explorer special - her interior is Jade Glow I believe and a fan sent her a replacement dash pad... which is hatteras green :|
I suppose while on the subject - what about door panels? Mine are toast thanks to one of the previous owners :\
I can't really help you out, but I just wanted to point out that with dennis carpenter, they'll say whether or not it was made with the original tooling.
For instance, if you look at the left side of this page for a 73-79 hood latch, it lists that it's "Made in USA" "Made by Dennis Carpenter" "Original Ford Tooling" and "Qualifies for flat rate shipping".
On the dash pad it only says "Made in USA" and "Qualifies for flat rate shipping".
The dash pad in my "Jade Glow" 77 is all cracked up too. If I ever get around to fixing up the interior, I plan on just taking it to an upholstery shop and having it wrapped in a material of my choice and maybe put some fancy stitching down it.
Most of them are made by " Just Dashes " . I bought my new blue one from DC and it's just like the LMC one a friend bought. it fits good except the ends and center drop piece aren't quite as long as the original. acceptable but not great.
Using vinyl paint would be a better option that anything else if you had to color match . if you can't buy the right color in a spray can a paint distributor can match it for you.
I got this one from JBG Dash pad
I was made by Just Dashes. Fit was fine but had a minor blemish on it that I chose to fix instead of dealing with the hassle of returning it. If I have to get another I would probably try one of the cheaper options.
And or if you do get a new actual dash pad, get the carpet cover to save the dash pad from getting cooked. My wife got me a black carpet cover from JC Whitney years ago has my initials and a bull rider embroidered in it, it is in the blue truck. And I have a red carpet dash pad cover in the silver truck. Pics in a bit.
Green door panels.... like looking for a 5 gal bucket full of unicorn tears.
SEM plastic and vinyl paints. Very good products, have had great results with them. If you do the correct prep it should last as long as what is under it.
Oh I totally understood what condition your dash pad was in, I have seen a ton of them just like yours. I have even owned a couple just as bad. And I have changed one or 2 or 3....Here is how the carpet dash mat works, plain and simple, a cover up the ugliness. I am sure a run of the mill upholstery shop could not replace the moulded to the metal foam and hard vinyl. But a pro shop can probably work wonders.
I pulled it over the edge so you could see the brand. Dashmat.
Wife got my initials and a bull rider embroidered in it. She got it from JC Whitney a long time ago. Does not look like RRG to me, but I do not sweat the small stuff and worrying about that....is small stuff.
They are the cheap option to cover up the cracked up dash pads.... BUT.... My truck had one when I first got it..... it was warped and wasn't stuck down worth a good crap. It looked stupid.... it fit OK but just looked like a cheap fix.
NOW.... that doesn't mean you can't find some really "super good" glue and stick that joker downs and make it look good.
When I get to that part..... I am just gonna bite the bullet and get a new repro dash pad.
The unfortunate reality is that my beautiful hatteras green metallic (paint code 8 for those wondering) dashpad on my 75 is toast. A gentle tap of a pinkie cracks it, not to mention the river sized channels that go through it already.
I see on LMC, there's a $300 "reproduction"; CJ Pony has a $200 reproduction and a $335 (on sale!) "original tooling" one. Dennis-Carpetner also has one for $340 though it does not say whether its a repro or original tooling (but based on the pix and price, I suspect it's original tooling)...
So can anyone chime in on what's worth getting? The part number, I believe, is D3TZ-1004282-C. Is there anywhere to get one painted in the original color? Ironically, I was watching a YouTuber by the name of Junkyard Mook who is restoring a previously-flooded 78 camper explorer special - her interior is Jade Glow I believe and a fan sent her a replacement dash pad... which is hatteras green :|
I suppose while on the subject - what about door panels? Mine are toast thanks to one of the previous owners :\
mine was cracked up bad, i got a coverlay and it worked great looks great best $130 i spent
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