Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2022/12/7 10:11:37
Howard, my original dash plastic was the mottled marble fudge. When I got the car in 1959, it was already a corroded mess, probably worse because it was a convertible. Somewhere in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s I acquired a 120 dash with no plastic. Hooray! Instead of woodgraing it, I had it painted in 1971 a dark chocolate metallic that matched the accent color of the exterior which painted Cuban Tan with a dark chocolate metallic “spear” as ‘20s/‘30s cars had on each side. The section over the top of the side mount covers was also chocolate. There’s prob a pic on page 1 or 2 of this blog. It actually looked great, wrong as it was. Then my buddy Vaughn found a complete cream-colored original dash in Washington State sometime in the late ‘70s with near perfect plastic. I replaced other marble fudge pieces with cream. I still have some un-corroded respectable marble fudge pieces. I dont think that dash went into the car until I woodgrained that dash and had the instruments restored in 2010. About half the pieces are still in good condition, which I’ll save if someone needs them, same as marble fudge, but to be sure they all match, LaVine is making a full set.

This Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=251221