'78 spider restoration

brackie1 · Post by **brackie1** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:26 pm

I am new at this I was hoping to get all the pic on the same post but for some reason I can't so I will do them individually. Here is anothter view.

dbr · Post by **dbr** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:43 pm

Very, very nice.

I am just about to start restoring a 1978 Fiat spider, so these pictures are a great inspiration!

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:18 am

Hard to tell, is it black, or dark blue?

brackie1 · Post by **brackie1** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:41 pm

Its black. I am getting ready to put a new weber on it next week. Doesn't need it but the new one comes with a chrome air cleaner. I will then take off the old exhaust manifold cowling which I don't use anyway. I have the original air cleaner on right now.

brackie1 · Post by **brackie1** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:50 pm

Hi, Casba, I really like your white 71. Particularly the French stitched dash. Where did you get it and was it hard to install. I put a new surround dash on mine looks good but Ilike yours better.

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:37 pm

It is a used dash that was recovered by a upholstery shop, so it was as easy to install as a stock dash.
There was a shop in California many years ago that made these, but I don't think they are around any more.

brackie1 · Post by **brackie1** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:01 pm

Wonder if it could be attached to a dash surround and then put in place?

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:40 pm

I would just show the pic to a local upholstery shop and ask them to replicate it with your dash.

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