Re: Factory AC and glovebox.

Posted by HH56 On 2012/9/23 12:50:28

Well, here is my first attempt at making a glovebox for factory AC cars that inserts from the front -- (disregard the screws - different ones are coming). Used a plastic U channel on the box edge to hold the back in place. It's adequate for a first attempt and actually I think almost looks decent but not ready for a perfectionist. The cracking I was getting with the one piece boxes has been controlled by softening the cardboard with steam along the bend lines before bending. Original question still holds - If anyone knows how the factory might have replaced an intact new box on AC cars in the field, I'd sure like to know.

The flocking is a PIA so if anyone knows where to get a solid gray or silver flocked contact or even wallpaper similar to what they originally used, I'd like to know that too. Everything I have found has a faint pattern. If anyone has bought one of the large original size repros currently available, what are they using? The one I bought from Carpenter years ago was a fairly thick glued on fabric. Too bad those current repros won't work for AC.

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