Wood Dashboard for an MG

[Alex Elias]

Here is how I spend my day off today. I have a friend who asked me to put some finish on a wood dashboard someone made for him for the MG that he is restoring. Long story short; When he showed up with the piece I was supposed to work on I decided to make a new one, it was made out of 1/8" cheap ply and it was awefully done and very unattractive grain, my 3 yr old would have done a better job with a plastic knife on the cutting dept. So here is the new one made with solid wood "Curupay" sliced in half and glued. It is 3/16" thick. The finish is not done all the way jet but this is what it looks like by now.
It was a fun project I must say.
Thanks for looking
Alex

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Dashboard-01.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Dashboard-02.jpg

[scott spencer]

Very cool Alex...good call!

[Michael Schwartz]

Nice :D

I am sure this is a bit of an improvement over the plywood :rolleyes:

[Mike Null]

Very nice.

What's the finish?

[John Schreiber]

Very nice. You are a good friend.

[Jim Becker]

Very nice! I hope you'll post a picture of it after installation, too.

[Bill Huber]

Great looking job, looks a lot better then the one I made for my Spitfire 40 yours ago.

Now just think about a fly cutter and a hand drill, some 1/8 plywood...
I think you can see in your mind what it looked like..:D

[Mark Valsi]

ALEX,

Very nice job. I would ahve liked that for my MG replica

[Hank Knight]

Very nice. Your friend will be pleased.

[Alex Elias]

Thanks for the comments, once he instal the dash I'll post pics to show the results


Very nice.

What's the finish?

I used water based aniline, then 1 coat of dewaxed shellac, 1 of BLO, 1 of Shellac again and a lot of coats of wipe on poly.

[Bruce Page]

Very nice!

It would look great with a piano finish.

[Jim O'Dell]

Looks NICE!! What year model MG? My Dad started rebuilding a 1957 MGA when I was about 12 or 13. I wanted it as my first car. My brother had his eyes on my Dads 69 Firebird. Neither one of us got them! Traded the Firebird in on a pickup, and sold the MGA to a neighbor.:( (Who blew a head gasket and kept on driving it until he killed the engine totally.:mad::mad::mad:) Jim.

[Alex Elias]

Very nice!

It would look great with a piano finish.
Could you please descrive a piano finish? It sounds interesting


Looks NICE!! What year model MG? My Dad started rebuilding a 1957 MGA when I was about 12 or 13. I wanted it as my first car. My brother had his eyes on my Dads 69 Firebird. Neither one of us got them! Traded the Firebird in on a pickup, and sold the MGA to a neighbor.:( (Who blew a head gasket and kept on driving it until he killed the engine totally.:mad::mad::mad:) Jim.

It is a 71' who knows if it's the same as a 69'. But in any event who cares now since he sold it :mad:

I might have him trace a pattern since I forgot before he left. Who knows if some friend of him want's one I could get a commision there and I have the template for it.

Again thanks for the comments

[Michael Weber]

Nice work. When can I expect the one for my 1950 TD? BRG RHD XPAGTD1027