And I agree a painted to match dash looks way better then a dash pad.
66 Dash Cover
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66 Dash Cover
I guy stop d by and wanted to buy my only good dash cover I had .He said they want close to $800.00 for a new one, he offered me $50.00 for mine. He's still looking for a mint cover he said mine is the best one he has seen. 
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I have to agree. I reluctantly removed the old, cracked dashpad from my '66 recently and was pleasantly surprised at how nice the painted dash was underneath.
Seriously, dude KNOWS dash pads are worth $800 + ...and only offers you $50?!? I hope you had salt in your shotgun...
Seriously, dude KNOWS dash pads are worth $800 + ...and only offers you $50?!? I hope you had salt in your shotgun...
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I agree with All the above comments and if the guy knows replacement cost $800; he's stone to think he can get one for $50 in great shape.
Hang on to it and one day someone you know might want to buy it at a reasonable price or use it for horse trade material. Or you might build a show truck that requires a padded dash.
Metal looks ten times better; especially painted and wet sanded.
Hang on to it and one day someone you know might want to buy it at a reasonable price or use it for horse trade material. Or you might build a show truck that requires a padded dash.
Metal looks ten times better; especially painted and wet sanded.
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Even at 400 thats still alot of money!
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You can recover it yourself, it only cost me about twenty bucks. . I wrote a article for true blue trucks about how to do it. Its fairly easy to do. I used a heated scraper blande between the metal and dash.the next step was to fill in the cracks with silicone . I then sprayed the dash cover with 3 m uphostery glue and laid a new piece of vinyl over it. I used clothes pins to hold it down until it dried. Its best to use vinyl that is stretchy instead of the thicker ,stiffer vinyl. Just trim and put back in. It does pretty good. I put mine in about 4 years ago and it still looks like it did. Check my pictures out to see it.
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a good soft original dash pad...already off no less...I wouldnt let it go for less then 250...as for the comment about the 50 offer above...the guy was thinking/hoping you didnt know the value of it...good move in not biting on the 50...
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It's still in the 66 Mercury Truck that will go with the rust free truck that came from Sacramento,waiting for someone to take them both home to build their cool truck
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You can recover it yourself, it only cost me about twenty bucks. . I wrote a article for true blue trucks about how to do it. Its fairly easy to do. I used a heated scraper blande between the metal and dash.the next step was to fill in the cracks with silicone . I then sprayed the dash cover with 3 m uphostery glue and laid a new piece of vinyl over it. I used clothes pins to hold it down until it dried. Its best to use vinyl that is stretchy instead of the thicker ,stiffer vinyl. Just trim and put back in. It does pretty good. I put mine in about 4 years ago and it still looks like it did. Check my pictures out to see it.
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Theres a big difference though between the trucks and Mustangs...the cars were a ton more popular and sold alot more thus higher demand and a lower price. They could still break even and beyond due to the higher demand. Im not sure if the cars pads were glue on like the trucks were, but that could also be a factor in the difference as well...
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