Hi, this is a repair I did for my 68. I looked for an answer to this awhile ago but didn’t find anything, so when I found this tool I was pretty excited. It’s a plastic welder, cheap on Amazon. Uses little metal clips that hold the plastic together when melted in. Don’t think it’ll make these hold up any better to people putting weight on it when getting out of the back seat, but it’s now super solid for normal use.
Looks like it works. Aren’t the panels (back part only) being reproduced?
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They should be, if they aren’t. Especially with how often they have the tendency to break.
Yessir they are, Mine are crumbled to hell on the upper curved section. i have them in my saved list on WCCC.
Wow, that’s a great job, but on my cat, the covering vinyl is still good… but the upper portions are so crumbled or shattered to hell underneath the vinyl, they’re too far gone for that type repair. just really bad, likely same as many other’s cars. I guess if one’s cat is not so bad this is doable and then a good solution.
Yep I used them on mine, they have to be trimmed a little and you swap your vinyl over to the new ones. I’ll have to look up where I sourced them from
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Good to know it went well. These are the only bad thing left in mine after I can get Bill’s new dash panels ordered and installed.
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If interested in the use of aftermarket panels This was from my install.
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Thank you for the link to your project👍
You can also use fiberglass mat to fix these things if you can manage to keep the parts together! Work around the clips and such……..as needed……. You do not need to do it all at once…. start with areas that are fussy…..work up to doing larger areas….or vice versa…whatever floats your boat…… Having a large solid piece may help to do the smaller areas later……
Your mileage may vary!
Steve
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I used a roll of fiberglass tape and some liquid JB plastic weld worked out real well
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