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baxsie
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Location: Eastern Washington State
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 Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:07 am Post subject: Ultimate fix for 1303 dash: Wrapping it with leather |
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As with all 1303 super beetle dashes, ours was a cracked mess. We modified our 1303 dash it to accept extra gauges, and made a wood insert, filled all the cracks and primed it, but at the end of the day it still needed covering.
I looked at some upholstery videos on YouTube and found a user Cechaflo who makes "How to Upholster" videos, basically you can go to upholstery university by watching his videos -- some free, some paid.
Generally he does not do piece work, but after some wrangling, he agreed to take on our project. He created detailed step-by-step videos of every operation involved in recovering the cracked 1303 dash.
The process and work he does is fantastic. Amazing. These videos could be used as a guide for a DIY job, or as an outline for a professional to take on our beloved 1303 dash restoration. Who knows, maybe you can contact him and talk him into doing your dash 
Leather-Wrapping a VW Super Beetle Dashboard Part 1:
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Leather-Wrapping a VW Super Beetle Dashboard Part 2
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Leather Wrapping a VW Super Beetle Dashboard Part 3
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Leather Wrapping a VW Super Beetle Dashboard Part 4
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Leather-Wrapping Technique (VW Dashboard)- Part 5
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UPHOLSTERY -How to Make Molds for a VW Dashboard- Part 6
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Leather Wrapping a VW Super Beetle Dashboard Part 7
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Here are a few photos of how it looked once we got it back and installed. Test fitting switches and gauges:
A view of the passenger side:
And what the driver sees, tach, speedo, AFR:
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pb_foots
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Location: Ben Lomond, CA
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| That is top shelf, really good work. |
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vugbug68
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Location: sacramento
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Super nice!!
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Volks Wagen
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I'm at 19:16s into part 3. I love watching others work, it relaxes me. Nice job.
that's a detailed video of gluing the glovebox!!!!!
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tzepesh
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:34 am Post subject: Re: Ultimate fix for 1303 dash: Wrapping it with leather |
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Did anybody save the movies? Part 1 is not working anymore, and it would be really useful to see it. I will start to re-upholster my complete car and this is one task.
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