I haven't fixed this problem, but I did look it straight in the eye when I
was changing the dash pad on my 67. The metal is somewhat droopy in the
center of the dash, as are most I have seen. The metal is cast "pot"
metal, which cannot take any kind of force without cracking, unless it is
carefully and evenly heated to just the right temperature - too hot and it
turns to liquid with no warning; too cold and it will crack.
My solution: leave it alone!
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Hoffman" <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: IML: droopy dash
> Roger, Arran and mostly Mark,
>
> There is metal under the dash pad. It is not simply a big vinyl coated
foam
> pillow, and what tends to sag is the entire structure. It's a very long
> unsupported span for a thin dash visor (and the visor is even more
prominent
> in '68 than '67), so the thing tends to just sink in the middle under its
> own weight.
>
> I would imagine you'd need to bend the sheetmetal framework under the
vinyl
> pad to remove the sag.
>
> I would also be very leery of heating up 35-year-old vinyl... I would seem
> too easy to ruin a perfectly nice looking dash pad that way, not to
mention
> baking the foam inside to a brittle state.
>
> Just my two cents... I don't have any suggestions to make it look new, but
> maybe leaving well enough along might be the best course of action (or
> inaction). Or maybe park the car upside down for 15-17 years and see if it
> rights itself? :) Seriously, I'd ask a professional (or keep hoping for an
> answer here from someone who's successfully fixed this problem in a '68)
> before trying anything, since it's not something you need to fix right
away.
>
> Chris in LA
> 67 Crown
> 78 NYB Salon
>
>
> A. Foster (monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx) wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
>
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