Another custom dash and new carpet

[spider54]

Here are some pics of the new interior I just finished putting in.

Before:


During:


After:

[racydave]

Looks like you did a fine job Albert. And I like it!

[rlux4]

Very nice. (A) How did you attach the wood to the door panel? (B)Where did you get the carpet? (C)When can you do mine?
Ron

[spider54]

the wood panels on the door are attached to the original cardboard panels with small 1/4" long screws and carpenters glue. the carpet is from a company called Stock interiors.


http://www.stockinteriors.com/Model.asp ... iat_Carpet

[pope]

NICE JOB! A good clean interior.

[rlux4]

Thanks Albert.
I'm still waiting for the answer to (C)
Ron

[spider54]

Could use a vacation on the west coast. I'm thinking about it!

[rlux4]

I know you guys have Disney World, but there are a lot of things to do out here in So Cal country. Next week is going to be a great one, the Best of France and Italy car show. It would be a good time to be here. But that doesn't give me time to gather the material. So, looks like I'll have to do it myself one of these days, and then if you ever do make it out here, give us advance warning and we'll set something up for general meet-all.
Ron

[kristoj]

Very nice. Looks professionally done. Seats are still in great shape too.

[Blast]

Hello Spider 54

Now thats what I'm talking about. Real wood! Looks so much better. I bet sitting in that car now, gives you a whole new experience. If I may ask, what kind of wood, and stain did you use? Im redo-ing my dash also, and your wood and stain combination is exactly what I hope to achieve. You could save me a lot in trial and error. Thanks Blast

[WarbirdAL]

Holy Smokes !! very nice, makes mine look like I did it myself lol. Love that wood color. Awesome job

[spider54]

thanks for all the positive feedback , makes all the hours spent in the garage during the hottest part of the south florida summer worth while. i wish i could take all the credit but i'm not much of a wood worker. a friend of mine is a cabinet maker, he did all the wood work fpr me. i gave him all the original pieces plus the Momo shift knob as the sample for the stain. he installed 1/8" cherry veneer on all the pieces, including the center console which took a delicate touch for the veneer not to crack while cutting out all the holes. the door panels were actually my wifes idea, i cut out the old carpet piece for a template and he created those out of two 1/4" pieces he had laying around.

blast, i dont have the name of the stain at this time but ill get it for you. i can tell you it took two coats of the stain to match the knob and a coat of clear.

[mbouse]

nice work albert. I needa new e-brake handle. send me one when you get the time, especially with those engraved letters.

[Ragno]

Albert that looks great! I need opinions on how I should proceed with my wood upgrade. At first, I thought I should delete the center plastic section in the dash and run mahognay straight across and place my voltometer and oil pressure gauge in the center. I'm not so sure that I like it. I would appreciate everyones input on what I should do before I tackle the center stack and console. Should I put the middle section back in and move the gauges down to the center stack? I'm thinking gauge pods like in the older Alfas could work.

Does anyone know where I could source individual guage pods?





Thanks for the input.

[So Cal Mark]

my personal opinion is that gauges should be in your sight line, not down on the center console which requires looking away to see them