GTV-6 Dash Mat

[Kevin.FILLIP@xxxxxx]

     >Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 22:34:36 -0800 >From: Charles Koster 
     <krash2@domain.elided> >Subject: GTV-6 dash mat
     
     >I'm luck enough to have a crack-free dash, so I bought a dash mat to 
     >try and help keep it that way.  It came from Pep Boys, and while I 
     >can't remember the manufacturer, it's just one of the companys that 
     >makes a model cut for every car model.  It was about $35.  Mine's 
     >black, but I know they come in at least one other color (a truly 
     >raucous red), because they ordered the wrong color the first try.  
     >The problem is that the GTV-6 dash has so many hills, corners, 
     >valleys, etc. that the mat won't conform to the dash's various 
     >contours, like around the two sunken air vents.  I've got an idea how 
     >to get around that but, due to indolence/procrastination, I haven't 
     >tried it yet.  I have an old cracked dash removed from a previous 
     >car, and I'm going to paint the back side of the dash mat with a 
     >light coat of fiberglass resin and pin the thing down to the old dash 
     >so that it hardens to the contours of the dash (without sticking to 
     >the old dash). Low tech, it's true, but it might work.
     
     >Charlie Koster
     >1986 GTV-6
     >Kagel Canyon, CA
     
     Mon dieu ! But of course....La Boys Du Pep. I have once again 
     overlooked the obvious. Thanks Charlie.
     
     Now as to how to keep the mat on the dash.......perhaps one of those 
     little dogs with the bobbing heads that I so often see on the rear 
     decks of other cars......stay tuned.
     
     Kevin Fillip
     Dallas, Texas (The State that was Once a Nation)
     
     '91 164
     '91 Spider
     '85 GTV-6 Soon to be Owner
     

------------------------------