PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Thanks Jack, glad you approve. You do have a lot of knowledge in this area!

Don

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Thank you Earnest, glad you liked them.

Don

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

As Vince states below, not a restoration. It was a kit car Moondoggie. Would have been great if it was though.

Don

alawry Loc: Timaru New Zealand

I don't think it is a "kit car"either they were produced with the help of Ford and sold thru Ford Dealerships. I'm sure they are all Ford Pinto running gear and Mustang suspension. Official production figure 5000 Shay, no idea of the production figure for the next company, Camelot, to make them They planned 400 the first year ramping up to 200 per year but most likely fell well short of that number.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

I got to looking closer and yes, the yellow pine dash doesn’t quite do it for me. In addition, the quality of the finish on the dash isn’t up to the rest of the car. Kind of a shame actually. The problem with yellow pine is that the density of the wood in the growth rings varies so much. The narrow dark portion is really hard while the lighter colored portion is soft. Really hard to obtain a smooth, level surface.

I would have used a really light colored wood such as silver maple or hackberry for the vertical portion and dark black walnut on the top. Or walnut with white wood strip inlays. Or walnut with a ferric acid treatment to make it ebony black. And a good clear finish of polycrylic to eliminate the yellow tint of polyurethanes. Walnut and hackberry are both very hard with consistent density, which allows for a perfectly flat, glass smooth finish.

melismus Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country

As winter approached, I sold it at a profit and bought a sedan with a heater.