There will be no soft-core photo shoots of you so they can grace the pages of Playgirl. No, this is a critical tool in this work of wiring harness cleaning and repair [*T”>. If you don’t have an electronic camera, beg, barter, borrow or buy one. It isn’t positively required and you can overcome without one but a digital camera is extremely beneficial in the documentation of where everything was and where it will go back to.

Typically the dash can be removed by removing four bolts just under the bottom lip of the dash board ; one at every end and two close to the middle off-set from each other. After the bolts are removed you must now try to get an understanding of the dash ; feel for its flex and for what range of movement it offers from this point. Your dash saw allot of sun thru the windscreen not to mention that it’s a drop-top and it’s seen even more sunshine than your average automobile, vintage or not. They can be brittle and dry rotted and if the dash facade is in descent shape and can be simply cleaned and or a coat of spray paint especially made for plastic and vinyl you must handle your ford convertible top with care. A new dash is several hundred dollars to replace and even a glue-on dash cover costs roughly $100.

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