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Like others have said, I think the late dash is a very doable DIY project...the early dash, not so much, and it seems to more often be in worse shape than the later dashes. My early 85 dash that is in the car has some very pronounced cracks on the top surface and buckling particularly at the edge that meets the windscreen. I bought a similar condition dash from a parts car at a junk yard (parts counter guy I think was looking at me like I was an idiot) and stripped all the vinyl off and repaired all the crack with several rounds of expanding foam, sanding, and glazing putty to fill any small holes and blemishes. It is not ready to be recovered and I got a really good deal on some vinyl from hobby lobby that matches the factory pattern very close. The only issue I did not notice at the store when it was on the role is that it really only stretches left right instead of a four way stretch like what I used on the headliner. I was originally going to wrap the dash in one piece and hide the necessary seam right under the steering wheel but I don't think this material will stretch and lay flat without doing it in a two or three piece section stiched like the classic 9 piece. I just got to find someone willing to take on the sewing job for me.
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