I see no one has responded to your post. I assume the originality group will have a fit and hate it. I think it looks nice and will be very unique. What do you have planed for the rest of the interior? Are you going to do anything with the glove box and the area around the speedometer and tack?

The rest of the interior will be pretty stock. Light tan leather and carpet to match.

Very nice!

I personally like to keep my cars fairly original but I also admit that if everyone felt that way then TR gatherings would consist of the same car over and over but in different colors (or maybe not even that since the last get-together I attended they were all red).

Sooo -- some variety is welcome and when it is unique and well-done (as in this case) it makes our cars more interesting.

Thank you for the kind words. That is the exact reason I won't be painting mine red. Although red was my original choice, and they look great in red, there sure are alot of them.

Rusty

Where are you in California?

I am designing a dash for my Triumph estate wagon, and like the look you have created. What kind of veneer did you use, and how did you attach it?

I'm in Los Angeles but my father in law is in San Antonio, thats where he did it. Apparently he glued a very thin layer of the wood to the metal, drilled and filed the holes then applied a layer on paste equal to something like 30 layers of clear finish. If your interested, I can hook you up with him for the specifics. He may even sell one. He made 2 for us so we could decide which one we wanted. Because it's real wood, no 2 will look exactly the same.

Hey Rusty,

This is really gorgeous. I think I may do the same with mine. Can you give me a little more detail on:

-Type of wood

-Thickness of wood

-Type of finish

I have an extra dash panel that i can try this out on.

Cheers,
Gain

I really like it too. Very classy.

I did the same thing. Used a company called veneersupplies.com to order the veneer. You only spend about $10 for the veneer and another five for polyacyrlic spray. I also did my glove box door to match, and with a wood steering wheel, makes a nice impression. Let me know if anyone needs to know more about technique.

I'm very intrested to know how it holds up. I thought of doing the same thing, but I was concerned about the vaneer coming loose from the metal due to differences in expansion and contraction.
It looks wonderful though. Great work.
What kind of glue did you use for the vaneer?

Rusty: That thing is gorgeous. Looks like burlwood
finish. If I haven't noted, I've got my head stuck into
trying to get my engine back together. Fact is -- can't
see the forest for the trees.

You are lucky and your father-in-law is congratulated
on a job well done!

Thanks for sharing.

Gorgeous modification. Thanks for sharing the photo and the technique. We may be seeing more of these on the BCF as people check out this workmanship. Any photos of the finished dash?

Sad to say it's a far way away from completion. Slowly and properly from the ground up is how it's being restored