The wood on the door panels is easy to remove. Take
off door panels and bend back retaining tabs on chrome
trim that surrounds wood panels. The metal-backed
wood panels lift out easily.
All other areas of wood trim - dash, steering wheel -
would be removed at your peril. They are on thin
metal backing plates which can bend easily - and if
they bend they will never lie flat again. Unless the
wood is completely rotted, I would suggest carefully
masking off the dash & chrome trim, carefully sanding
and refinishing the wood without removing it. (Note:
the "wood trim" on the seat backs is not wood - it is
a decal. Don't attempt to remove.)
Best wishes on your restoration efforts!
Chris H.
60 NY T&C
66 Lebaron
--- David Whitney <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, folks --
>
> The Flying Penguin's interior is coming along. No
> serious problems with
> the chrome. Seats cleaned up very nicely, but they
> will need a full
> Leatherique treatment including dye and crack filler
> as well as being sent
> out to have a couple of small holes patched and some
> retacking around the
> base of the front seat backs. The other thing I'll
> have the upholsterer do
> is replace the fabric strips on the rear seat frames
> because it's pretty
> well dried out and fragile. He said he can get the
> correct fabric from
> SMS, but since it's not visible I'm not going to be
> too picky.
>
> If you've missed my earlier updates, this is a
> 29,000 mile barn find with
> every option except right side mirror. It's been
> out of the sun since its
> engine was removed in 1975. Parts have very little
> wear and no sun damage,
> but everything is filthy. I tried to pick something
> easy and fun for my
> first restoration.
>
> I'm going to need a carpet kit from ACC but I can
> reuse the hair and jute
> pad and the sound deadener (both in excellent
> condition), and I'm
> considering leaving the original carpet on the
> vertical surfaces and simply
> dyeing to match. I'm not ready to post more photos
> yet, so you just have
> to imagine the seats and door panels out and each
> piece of chrome trim
> around the windows having been removed and polished
> before reinstallation.
> Headliner is still perfect after 40 years, and the
> package shelf is 100%
> solid and intact but has a couple of places where
> the paint is worn thin
> (maybe from my overenthusiastic cleaning efforts)
> that are causing me to
> lean toward removing and repainting it.
>
> In keeping with my philosophy of working from the
> top down, I am ready to
> tackle the dash. That means refinishing the wood
> trim. I read the
> excellent how-to article on the topic, but it does
> not address a couple of
> critical questions:
>
> How do you get the metal-backed panels off?
>
> What solvent do you use to get the old glue off the
> panels and their once
> and future resting places before reinstalling?
>
> I am particularly concerned about not damaging any
> of the surrounding trim
> or fabric when removing glue from the dash, seats,
> wheel, courtesy lights
> and door panels as well as wanting to do my best to
> keep solvent off the
> wood itself when removing glue from the panels.
>
> Coming soon -- window motors and regulators!
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
> '91 K-Imperial driver
> '66 Crown Coupe project
> '66 Newport 383 dual exhaust .030 over
> Eddys/Hurst/Cragars daughter's first
> Mopar
>
>
>
>
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