Re: Early 4000/ur-Q/Coupe Dashboard Preservation

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Douglas Hurst Quebbeman wrote:

]The dash for the ur-Q is as seriously cracked as some of the old 100LS
]dashes I used to see. The one in my Coupe was pretty good, with only
]slight cracks at the vent. But they've crossed to the nearside of the
]vents now, moving inward toward the passenger compartment.

	with any luck, i will have a perfectly good urq dash
	assembly for sale in a few months.  i'll post when 
	the time comes, for sure.

]And, what's the best solution short of garaging the car to keep one of
]these dashes from cracking? Do any of the commercial preparations reallt
]work?

	dunno about chemicals, but one of thos simple shade 
	visors for when you park the car should work great.
	it probably only cracks from sun exposure with closed
	car, no circulation (not moving).  that's when convection
	builds up to ruin it, methinks (like a record).  probably
	one of those carpet covers would do it too.

]If repair is not likely with the cracks having advanced as far as they
]have, I wonder if any of you has a nearly crack-free dark brown dash
]for sale?

	oh, hee, diddn't see ths part.  like i said, hopefully.
	when i go in for wx to mb conversion, i'm hope to have
	enough for a later-model conversion, like an 86 or 87
	4kq.  i think the dashes in the 83 urq are ugly and just
	too brittle and plasticy.  also i want more gagues, and
	to get dual diff-locks, replace my alarm, get a new cd 
	head unit, upgrade speakers.  given that the mc conversion
	needs a lot of wiring harness hacking anyway, i figure 
	i can save a lot of labor/time/effort and some $ in the 
	long run to do it at the same time.

	so, i'll post.  realistically, i probably will not be 
	able to accomplish this until july - i still have to 
	raise some more money (anyone want to buy a powerbook?
	it's cheep) and then get my car in the queue, never mind 
	the time takes to actually get the work done...


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