What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

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Speedytech7 said:
Anybody know someone that repairs the early dashboard vinyl sections? Mine finally cracked after 33yrs :(

I don't really want to get all custom with this if I can avoid doing so.
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There's a place in LA, I'm sorry that I can't recall the name of the shop, that repairs dash pads.vinyl. But, I think it's very spendy. I thought about doing something similar with the cracked dash on my 62, but I ended up buying a replica dash pad cover from Cool Cruisers of Texas. It looks very good, but it doesn't retain the "softness" of the original.

For our 80, which has a cracked dash pad too, I ordered an Escape Gear dash cover. It's got tons of storage pockets, it covers the cracks and it looks pretty darn nice too. That might be an option to consider.
 
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Old Nick said:
There's a place in LA, I'm sorry that I can't recall the name of the shop, that repairs dash pads.vinyl. But, I think it's very spendy. I thought about doing something similar with the cracked dash on my 62, but I ended up buying a replica dash pad cover from Cool Cruisers of Texas. It looks very good, but it doesn't retain the "softness" of the original.

For our 80, which has a cracked dash pad too, I ordered an Escape Gear dash cover. It's got tons of storage pockets, it covers the cracks and it looks pretty darn nice too. That might be an option to consider.
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They're in Van Nuys but as mentioned very expensive
 
cruiserdan said:
Do you want an OEM head unit?
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Nope. I spent a few weeks using the OEM head unit in the 96 when I bought it back in Feb. FM radio is horrible! Also, I’ve ceded the spatial reasoning part my brain to Google Maps. Car play is fantastic.
 
OffRoadScott said:
Good morning. Wasn't actually this weekend but a couple days ago while out and about enjoying the LC. Rolled 260k on it. View attachment 4148213
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Nice. You should snap a picture at 260626 (year 2026, June 26th). Mine is at 470k. I'll share a picture when it's 500k. Unfortunately, new cars aren't built like our 80s.
 
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wiynwiyn said:
Nice. You should snap a picture at 260626 (year 2026, June 26th). Mine is at 470k. I'll share a picture when it's 500k. Unfortunately, new cars aren't built like our 80s.
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I might be able to do that.
 
Speedytech7 said:
Anybody know someone that repairs the early dashboard vinyl sections? Mine finally cracked after 33yrs :(

I don't really want to get all custom with this if I can avoid doing so.
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justdashes.com and there expensive.
 
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