[tcb] Re: Crappy vinyl dash on Bays
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:05:07 -0600
Denis I almost spit coffee out of my nose when I read that!
I too have a hard time with the armadillo padded dash.
My '71 Karmann Ghia had the same kind of dash. Hated it too.
Denis wrote:
> I hate the vinyl dash on Bays. All you Bay people, I love you and love
> your Bays, but the number one problem I have with them is that dash.
> Maybe I had some bad acid once and was riding in one and the dash
> material scared me. Yeah, maybe that's what happened. Or my girlfriend
> (Kimberly) broke up with me in her parent's Bay, and I leaned on the
> dash and my tears would get stuck in the texture. Sadly, that bus got
> all melted when the house burnt down while I was watching it. ( It was
> electrical, I wasn't even there. NOT MY FAULT!)
>
> They are always cracked and, well...I hate them. Derrick at Way Out
> took the vinyl off and there is an attractive metal dash under there,
> covered with foamy yucky Three Musketeers nougat crap. American safety
> standards made them slap that offensive soft gooey cracked up stained
> snake pattern out whatever nasty reptile or armadillo knock off
> fairytale dragon skin with all those little places that hold every
> spilled Dr Pepper or baby food that has been in those grooves since
> the Jimmy Carter days on there.
>
> anybody else ever looked under that yuck?
Other related posts:
