Roger;
You left your cap lock on when you posted, it means that you were shouting
in the computer world. Mark's dash problem involved a drooping piece of
vinyl not a drooping piece of pot metal. What I would suggest is to
carefully heat the drooping area with a heat gun to soften up the vinyl and
then straighten it out by pushing it with a board before it cools. On thing
to be careful about is keep the gun in motion so the plastic doesn't get
overheated in on spot and burn. Heat in the car on summer days caused it to
droop maybe carefully applied heat could be used to straighten it?
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing a left side taillight bezel and other trim parts.
---- Original Message -----
From: "roger crabtree" <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: IML: droopy dash
> IF THIS IS A CAST PIECE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL BODY
> PERSON DO IT. IF IT IS SLIGHT HE WILL HAVE THE EYE
> FOR IT. PARTS FOR THESE CARS ARE HARD TO COME BY. A
> GOOD BODY PERSON WILL HAVE THE BROPER TOOLS TO FIX IT.
> 2*4 ARE GOOD FOR MANY THINGS BUT CAN DISTROY A GOOB
> PIECE OF POT METAL IN A SECOND. gOOD lUCK!!!!rc
>
>
>
>
>
>
> MArk McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I
> posted this before, but I don't recall seeing it
> > on the list, so here
> > goes again.
> >
> > The 68s have a very prominent "brow" or sunshade
> > above the dash. It's
> > made out of vinyl and extends maybe 6" all the way
> > across the top of the
> > dash.
> >
> > On one of my cars this is perfect, but on the other
> > one it's kind of
> > droopy. If you were to look at it from the
> > backseat, you would see it
> > dips down on the driver's side. Not much, maybe
> > only an inch or two.
> > And in some Imperials I've seen the brow will be
> > kind of bent in the
> > middle, or really sagging.
> >
> > Is there a way to straighten this? I was thinking
> > of putting a 2x4
> > under there and somehow bracing it along the length
> > (by putting
> > something b/n the 2x4 and the floor) and then just
> > leaving it there for
> > awhile to see if it would help, but . . . I'm
> > doubtful this will help
> > much.
> >
> > Anybody?
> >
> > Thanks, Mark
> >
> >
> >
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