The canvas cover on the dash was factory. Replacing dashes with exotic wood was big business back then in the Fifties. Just like reworking Crossfire dashes now. My SRT6 dash in carbon fiber. Any thing to get rid of that aluminum intrusion.

 

I had one several years ago on my Limited and Yes I had it made by order in New Jersey out of actual Red English Burl Wood.
It was a beautiful piece of work.
Montana

 

Somebody posted a photo a while back of their Crossfire with (what looked like) Burl Wood, and their car had a black interior.
I thought it looked pretty darn nice.
The "Shiny" Silver plastic on the dash and consol never bothered me. With the Cedar/Slate interior, there really isn't much else I could do to it anyway, so it's a good thing I'm pleased with what I got.

 

I have no problems with wood interiors.... just looks terrible when it is a sticker. You have a wood sticker on top and silver on the sides. Just looks bad in my opinion. If they were actual wood panels and not stick on then it would be a different story.

 

One thing I will say about you blackcrossfire07, You do stimulate conversation.

 

Thanks, it was my pleasure.

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x2 Stick on accessories are lame............just like the new stick on louver craze these days. I'm working on a M-B G550 right now that has REAL wood dash inserts and the owner thought it wasn't enough and he/she bought the stupid bubbly sticker wood and put it around all the a/c vents and even next to the existing wood enhancing its cheapness.

 

If you put the stickers on then that is ok. I am just not a fan of stickers unless it is done right and covers the entire panel... Top and sides.

I just speak my mind.... Sorry about that.

 

But the stick on vents for the front fenders are bad-***!

 

Anyone thinking about putting stick on kits on their interior should look through all of the pictures in this thread first. He ended up having to buy a replacement interior. Not a path I would want to go down.

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...rior-trim.html

 

No need to be sorry for speaking your mind. If you can handle the blow back, more power to you. No problem with throwing a punch if you can take a punch.

 

Yes, pretty nasty,and will probably screw up the gavel price when I sell the SRT6 at Barrett Jackson thirty years from now.

Having redone my Jaguar center console. I must inform you guys, most of what you guys call real wood is in fact a very thin sheet (1/32-1/16 of an inch) that is epoxied (stuck on, glued on Etc.) and then covered with polyurethane, yep, that's right folks, plastic.

Having gone through the process of buying the maple burl veneer, cutting, bleaching, staining, epoxying, clamping with blocks, Multi coating with clear, color sanding and high speed buffing. I can say with some authority. These plastic ones look as good or better. If they had frames around them people wouldn't know the difference. Actually most think they are wood just the way they are.

 

This is the peel and stick Carbon Fiber dash kit. It hides that plastic aluminum insult. sure glad these kits are made. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ersatz WOOD. Gary it can be ersatz carbon fiber! It looks good in a Black Car.