My new dash cover is a hard plastic and it did require some minor trimming but the fit and look is great.

My original cover was so badly warped and cracked that I removed it. I recall prying if off as it was glued to the metal dashtop. The original dashcover consists of a vinyl cover glued on hard foam. It came off easily.

I peeled the vinyl cover off from the hard foam (it was the vinyl that was causing the warping as it shrunk over the years). The hard foam was in good shape (although warped) so I stretched it into approximately the correct shape by clamping parts of it to a table and leaving it for days. Was a wierd looking table decoration....

After gettng it back into its near original shape, I glued the hard foam portion to the top of the dash. After that I put the new plastic dash cover over top - WITHOUT gluing it to the foam. I figured that this piece would expand and shrink - so letting it freely float would avoid future problems. There was one spot where I did glue it - around the portion that frames the speedo gauge but that was it.

There are enough places where the new dashtop can be held in place without gluing the whole underside...there is the bottom of the windshield metal frame piece, and the front line trim that runs lengthwise along the front of the dash.

Its been a few years now, and it still looks like new. However I don't leave it out in the sun for very long and it is always parked in a garage.

waggin

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