two very nice dashes they look great
United Pacific Woodgrained Repro Dash
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two very nice dashes they look great
I had the garnish mouldings and dash done on my 32 Deluxe Tudor. Shipped them to Bill Witkowski in Pennsylvania. You can find his ad in the AACA magazine. Picked them up at Hershey 2018. Stunning to say the least.
$1000 cash for all 8 pieces, I did nothing ...no cleaning..... sandbasting or body work etc. nothing... put em in a box and shipped them to Bill.
You can see a picture on my Instagram 1932phil
Another option, who shall remain nameless, wanted me to sandblast them, do all necessary bodywork.... fill holes etc..... and spray them with DP90.
All for the Princely sum of $1800 plus shipping....
Nuff said.....
$1000 cash for all 8 pieces, I did nothing ...no cleaning..... sandbasting or body work etc. nothing... put em in a box and shipped them to Bill.
You can see a picture on my Instagram 1932phil
Another option, who shall remain nameless, wanted me to sandblast them, do all necessary bodywork.... fill holes etc..... and spray them with DP90.
All for the Princely sum of $1800 plus shipping....
Nuff said.....
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RB
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Does anyone have knowledge as to what 32 body types used a wood grain on interior garnish mouldings &/or dash panels,& were all body types the burl wood pattern or some straight grain ? Examples would be helpful, I know the 3w & the various open body types were grained, uncertain on other closed body types. Thanks Ron
DavidG
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Only the deluxe passenger car models were equipped with wood-grained dash panels and garnish mouldings. The standard models, including your sport coupe, were originally equipped with "interior gray" (more brown than gray) painted panels.
The grain pattern used was changed during the model year. Early deluxe phaetons and roadsters dashes were straight grain. Mid-year and later deluxe versions of those two body types' dashes were burl grain.
Early deluxe Fordor and Tudor sedan, cabriolet, convertible sedan, and Victoria dashes had a burl grain upper section (surrounding the attachment points) and a straight grain lower section. Mid-year and later dashes in those five deluxe body types were all burl grain. The garnish mouldings had straight grain throughout the model year.
The deluxe coupe wood grain was unique. Initially, the dash and glove box door were all burl grain. That was subsequently changed so that while the glove box door, the counterpart raised panel on the other side of the dash, the raised panel surrounding the instrument panel, and the upper section were still done in burl grain, the background area surrounding the raised panel around the opening for the instrument panel, the glove box, and its counterpart raised panel was done in straight grain. The raised portion of the lower horizontal section of the door garnish mouldings was done in burl grain and remainder in straight grain, as was the rear window moulding.
The photos below are of an early deluxe closed car dash and the later closed car dash from very low mileage cars with their original wood graining pretty well intact. Also shown is the original base color from the back side of the dash in the second photo.
The grain pattern used was changed during the model year. Early deluxe phaetons and roadsters dashes were straight grain. Mid-year and later deluxe versions of those two body types' dashes were burl grain.
Early deluxe Fordor and Tudor sedan, cabriolet, convertible sedan, and Victoria dashes had a burl grain upper section (surrounding the attachment points) and a straight grain lower section. Mid-year and later dashes in those five deluxe body types were all burl grain. The garnish mouldings had straight grain throughout the model year.
The deluxe coupe wood grain was unique. Initially, the dash and glove box door were all burl grain. That was subsequently changed so that while the glove box door, the counterpart raised panel on the other side of the dash, the raised panel surrounding the instrument panel, and the upper section were still done in burl grain, the background area surrounding the raised panel around the opening for the instrument panel, the glove box, and its counterpart raised panel was done in straight grain. The raised portion of the lower horizontal section of the door garnish mouldings was done in burl grain and remainder in straight grain, as was the rear window moulding.
The photos below are of an early deluxe closed car dash and the later closed car dash from very low mileage cars with their original wood graining pretty well intact. Also shown is the original base color from the back side of the dash in the second photo.
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Here are is a copy of a original 1932 ford woodgraining photo that my dad had,also 3 1932 ford dash boards that my dad woodgrained one is in straight grain, the other one is in burl grain , and the last one is in burl grain on the top, straight grain on the bottom, if any one has any questions about the picture, or the three woodgrained dash boards, private message me and i will get you in contact with my dad, he would love to talk to you about the woodgraining thanks
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I think you may need to be a little flexible with your price if you can't fill the holes yourself or want more than the dash done.
Just my two cents.
I'm intrigued by this hydrographic film process and want to try it. So I just spent $12 USD on Ebay and bought a 19" x 80" roll of burl wood grain hydrographic film. Evidently you can make your own activator - they sell the formula for $1 or so. It'll take a month or two to come on the slow boat from China. I should have plenty to do the dash and garnish moldings on a sedan I'm just finishing. Should be a fun project and should look really sharp.