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[Sid]

Hi
I've posted this over on the DLOC forum but I'll post it here as well.
The dashboard on my '51 Barker body has got woodworm and is delaminating. I've taken it off the car and it's nearly falling apart so I'll obviously have to buy, make or steal another one. Has anyone else had this happen and if so what are the best options (bearing in mind I'm on a tight budget)
Thanks
Sid

[PAUL BEAUMONT]

A couple of thoughts on this Sid! I am nor familiar with your motor so ask is there more wood in its construction? if there is you need to take steps to ensure that the little blighters have not set up home elsewhere. Could well be worth the simple approach of spraying the interior regularly with a fly Killer and closing it up.
As for the dash - How bad is it really and how handy are you? You will struggle to match the veneer if you start from scratch, so I would be tempted to try some sort of preservation of the existing. I wonder if you could mount it face down and then impregnate it from the reverse with something like fibreglass resin - the sort of stuff that boat builders use.Hopefully this will be absorbed by the material and using the worm holes, fill the core. Leave it to set and then tidy up the appearance side. There are all sorts of wood stabilisers - intended for rotting wood, available, but you need something that will search. Others may have ideas for similar materials.

[troutrunner]

A few pictures of your dash would probably help
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1939 Austin 10.
1955 Austin A30.
1958 Ford 300E van.
1961 Austin A40.
1964 Wolseley Hornet.
1965 Series2a Land Rover.
1968 Wolseley Hornet.
1994 Peugeot 405 Est. 2of.
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[Penman]

hi
Wood turners use a variety of solutions to stabilise wood for use on their lathes.
http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com/wood-stabilization.html


And of course people retrieving timber from water replace the water with some sort of chemical to preserve it, possibly that can be used in dry wood as well.
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[Sid]

Most of the plywood in the car, the dash, the two panels under the back seat and the panel behind the back seat all showed signs of exit holes. The main floor of the car wasn't affected nor was the ash frame or the door caps. So I replaced all the affected areas. Apparently if the little devils are active it shows up in small piles of sawdust beneath the holes. Which is fine except this car had been stored since the nineties in a carpenters workshop and was covered from radiator to boot with the stuff

Actually, now that I've taken another look at it, maybe it could be repaired. Although there is a piece of veneer missing under the glove box.