Joe,
OK, I'm a month behind with the TR list...
Assuming you've already done this, how'd it go with the bezels? I'm curious
'cause the bezels on my '73 were black paint over chrome. I know because I
was treating the dash with teak oil when I first bought the car ('85) and the
dash was in pretty poor shape. Then I was using denatured alcohol to remove
the teak oil from the gauges, which took the paint off over a couple of years.
And you probably know already that you should remove the windscreen to
replace the dash pad. I restored mine about 6 years back and painted the
windscreen frame flat black rather than replacing the vinyl. Looks fine.
BTW, replacing the seal around the windscreen glass is a piece of cake, just
follow the instructions in the manual.
- GeneG
- http://www.garrison-grafixx.com/tr6
On Tuesday 25 December 2001 06:23 pm, Lizirbydavis@cs.com wrote:
> My wife just gave me a new dash for my '71, and I can't wait to get started
> installing it. I have a couple of questions if anyone can help. I really
> prefer the chrome gauge bezels on my TR4A to the black painted bezels on my
> '71 TR6. I remeber reading somewhere that the TR6 bezels are chrome under
> a coat of black paint. I would love to have chrome bezels. Has anyone
> tried to remove the paint? If so, how can it be done, and with what kind
> of results. Also, I will be removing the windscreen to fit new rubber
> seals. Would it be easier to replace the dash pad with the windscreen off?
> How is it attached, glue? Has anyone found replacement vinyl windscreen
> surrounds prefabed? I would appreciate any advice on restoring the whole
> windscreen, dash, pads etc. Thanks in advance-I'm novice to all of this!
> Joe 71 TR6 in southside Va.
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