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[Young Ed]

Man Tim that looks very good for practice!

[Norm's Coupe]

That looks like a good job Tim. My emblem has all the paint worn off it. Thought about painting it at one time but like the look of it as all chrome, so left it that way. That's a personal preference though. Think they were originally painted like that you did your's.

[Norm's Coupe]

Tim,

There's one nice thing about playing around with painting the chrome pieces. If you don't like it when it's done, the paint will usually come off easily without destroying the chrome. Then you can start all over if you want.

[greg g]

The red I used was a bit darker, and I left out some of the detail lines. (another personal preference) Also used the same red on the "Deluxe" fender plates, and in the "Plymouth" script on the rear stop lamp bezel. Since the pic was taken , the mayflower has suffered a couple broadsides from bugs and stones, leaving some character marks.

[Young Ed]

Tim good job on removing it quickly. That does sound completely hideous! What are your plans for the dash-paint or wood grain or new vinyl

[Norm's Coupe]

Tim,

Actually, if you do decide to woodgrain the dash it looks good even if your window garnish is painted. Of course that's my opinion. When I was doing my interior I painted all of my window garnish. However, I still haven't done anything with the dash. Was going to paint it to match the window garnish but I like the look of the woodgrain dash against the painted window garnish. Really makes the dash stand out, and it goes together.

[Furylee2]

We are going to try the woodgrain route on my brothers 46 P-15. His dash is nice, but the window garnish moldings are bad. I saw this company at Hershey last fall, and was impressed with their product.

http://www.woodgraining.com/cgi-bin/Forum/ikonboard.cgi

Has anybody had any experience trying this? We are going to order the basic kit tonight. Their video’s make it look easy, they even show doing the window moldings. I emailed them, and they told me what pattern and ink to order. And what color gray to paint the base color. We’ll see how it goes. Lee

[BobT-47P15]

I have a friend who has re-done a few 1946-48 Fords. His thing was lightly padding the dash.....and covering it with black smooth vinyl.

Then, last fall at a car show, i saw a 39 Chevy fourdoor street rod.....they had used light grey vinyl on the windowframes. Didn't actually look too bad.....it was done very well. I think the dash was covered in the vinyl too.

Then, Tim, you also have your writing on hubcaps. Did my emblems with Testor's model car paint. It holds up pretty well. Red originally on the side name plates also....link to pic: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/BobT3/Petey%20Plymouth%201/IM002931__Side_trim_with_red.jpg But, hey, a color complimentary to your car would be different and probably nifty.

[Norm's Coupe]

Actually, one of the things I like best about old cars is the dash, painted or woodgrain, doesn't matter. I can remember when they started painting the dash with dull paint (60's I think) and how disappointed I was with the look. Then came the padded dash which didn't look any better. I know the dull paint was to cut down on glare and the padded dash was for safety. However, IMHO it really messed up the look of that nice shinny dash in front of me.

[BobT-47P15]

Speaking of shiny dashes......did anyone see the 1959 Impala convertible that sold for $110,000 on Barrett Jackson last night???