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Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:59 am
by Mark Strang
Does anyone know what the board is made of for the shield under the dash? I have the covering but I don't know if it is two pieces or one and what it is made of. Seems to me it needs to be somewhat flexible to follow the contour of the dash.
Thanks,
Mark
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:39 am
by cdrolshagen
Hi
it is on one piece
Carl
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:26 am
by Mark Strang
Thanks Carl. What is the material made of? I would guess it has to be somewhat flexible.
Mark
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:29 am
by Rob Reilly
On my car there was a tiny piece of 1/8" plywood clinging to a clip at the forward end of the firewall (scuttle) which I presume was what was left of the under dash cover panel, the rest having been ripped off by a previous owner in a moment of frustration.
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:34 am
by Steve Simmons
I believe they were originally some kind of fiber board.
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:53 pm
by antijam
Sherrell suggests they were rexine covered plywood.
This from the library suggests using fibreboard.
I made mine from fibreboard but it did need some battening attached to it to stop it sagging and distorting - I think ply would be a better answer.
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:59 pm
by Duncan M
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:18 pm
by Mark Strang
Thanks for the guidance but what is fiberboard? Mark
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:31 pm
by antijam
Mark Strang wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:18 pm
Thanks for the guidance but what is fiberboard? Mark
About a third of the way down
this page read the paragraph 'Black grain board'.
Re: Under dash panel
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:22 pm
by JonnyP
Specification 259 lists it as being Plyboard - Rexine covered to pattern.