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Re: [TR] Ye olde dashboard

To: John Summers <rivers2hills@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Ye olde dashboard
From: Jack Mc <McGaheyRx@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 23:28:05 -0600
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I hate to be a wet blanket, but unless that's Brazilian Mahogany marine
plywood, it won't work as a dashboard - no solid piece of wood will - it will
warp and crack - unless you somehow never expose it to changing weather
(temperature and humidity) conditions.

Get a new clutch slave and have the master re-sleeved in brass and rebuild
it.

Cheers,
Jack Mc

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> On Dec 27, 2013, at 10:15 PM, John Summers <rivers2hills@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My dashboard/instrument panel is old and sucks, to put it nicely.  I don't
> want to spend the fortune that our favorite parts suppliers ask for theirs.
> So, I went out today and bought a nice piece of Brazillian Mahogany, I
think.
> My memory sucks also.  Does anybody have a pattern for a 1974 TR6 dash that
> they would like to share?  I COULD trace it or take a photo of it and play
> with it in Photoshop and take it to Office Depot and have them print a full
> sized copy, but I, as always, am looking for the easier way.  Also, which
> makes better sense:  Putting in a new Clutch master/slave cylinder or
> rebuilding?  For an old man, I sure do ask a lot of questions don't I?  I
hope
> everybody has had a good holiday season thus far and their team has come up
> victorious.
> Go NOLES,,,,1/6/14.  Wish my dad was alive to see them playing in
> the stadium called The Rose Bowl.
> Anyway,,,,,
>
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