| Jaguar XK140 Walnut veneer Dash board European walnut veneer. |
Green felt lined map drawer.
English wool and leather glove box compartment.
normaly supplied with green felt.
normaly supplied with green felt.
Walnut burl veneer flows over gauge opening bevels.
| Contact Darrell to order a dashboard. oxcc@sbcglobal.net If I do not have one in stock delivery time is usually two months. The price for the dashboard as pictured here is $2995 USD. I also can supply the rest of the wood trim for the XK140 Drop head. I am still looking for patterns for the XK140 Fixed head coupe for the pieces around the side windows. |
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New Jaguar XK140 Dash finished in Black walnut burl veneer
Fixed Head coupe and Drop head coupe Dash
Restoring a XK140 fixed coupe or drop head coupe is a challenging project. One of the
more challenging aspects is finding replacement wood or facing the daunting task of
repairing the original. Here is an opportunity to have a ready to install dashboard that
will highlight the quality of your restoration.
This is a completely new dashboard reproduced to original specifications and veneered
with real walnut wood veneer. All of the gauge cutouts and switch locations are in their
original positions.
The walnut burl veneer on the center gauge panel is book-matched side to side. This
means that the consecutive piece of veneer in the flinch has been flipped and united
with the previous piece to form a mirror image around the centerline of the dashboard.
This is how Jaguar originally did it. Notice that the walnut burl veneer flows seamlessly
into the bevels of the gauge openings as it originally did. The veneer also flows
seamlessly over the edges of the center panel as original.
The book matched burl veneer flows with continuous grain onto the center pullout map
drawer. The map drawer itself constructed of solid cherry sides with a Baltic birch
plywood bottom and lined with green felt. The map drawer and glove box door pull
knobs are made of solid walnut burl.
Restoring a XK140 fixed coupe or drop head coupe is a challenging project. One of the
more challenging aspects is finding replacement wood or facing the daunting task of
repairing the original. Here is an opportunity to have a ready to install dashboard that
will highlight the quality of your restoration.
This is a completely new dashboard reproduced to original specifications and veneered
with real walnut wood veneer. All of the gauge cutouts and switch locations are in their
original positions.
The walnut burl veneer on the center gauge panel is book-matched side to side. This
means that the consecutive piece of veneer in the flinch has been flipped and united
with the previous piece to form a mirror image around the centerline of the dashboard.
This is how Jaguar originally did it. Notice that the walnut burl veneer flows seamlessly
into the bevels of the gauge openings as it originally did. The veneer also flows
seamlessly over the edges of the center panel as original.
The book matched burl veneer flows with continuous grain onto the center pullout map
drawer. The map drawer itself constructed of solid cherry sides with a Baltic birch
plywood bottom and lined with green felt. The map drawer and glove box door pull
knobs are made of solid walnut burl.
| Reveneer service If your original wood is in good condition it can be reveneered. Original dash pieces in good shape can be restored to look almost like new. Keep in mind that it is not worth it to restore rotten or heavily damaged pieces. Pictured below is an original XK140 dash board which was reveneered and finished. |
An original XK140 dash which has been re veneered and
finished in European walnut burl veneer.
finished in European walnut burl veneer.