Re: espada dash restoration

Hi Peter, Interesting challenge. I haven"t tired quite what you are doing but similar. The adhesive I would recommend is a long-cure epoxy (24-hour). It has great strength and is pretty impervious to temperture extremes. In the application you are planning, it would do a good job. Sorry I can"t help you with the metal trim question. Hopefully, we can lure a few more of the Espada owners to the list and over time, get more recommendations. FWIW, I was the owner of the black Series II Espada that is now know as the "Mad Max" Espada. James DiIorio got the car from me and promptly began to turn it into its current form as a Diablo eater. B/R, Jack drakepeterdrake wrote: > I have a 1971 series II espada. I am going to replace the piece of wood > in the center upper dash where the light and wiper switches are. I"ve > been looking at veneers. The factory said the wood was mahagony, but so > far the closest grain match I found to my car is teak.I bought a > sheet of veneer and will experiment with different flat finishes to get > the color as close as I can to what was there. The veneer I could find > is not self-stick; any suggestions for gluing and technique? It"s 10 > mil thick. > > I"m also thinking of deleting the radio opening. The car is too loud > anyway. This will also entail eventually re-covering the inner door > panels, where speakers were mounted.Unfortunately, the metal edging > that surrounds the wood dash piece was cut away at the top of the radio > opening. Does anyone know of a source for that metal trim? > > It may be easier to find a period radio and live with the door > speakers, but I want to examine the options. >