BUILD THREAD JRP's '87 Regal Thread

[TURNA]

I didn't find any good candy in the ducts, just an old AA battery and some coins. No drug paraphernalia though which is a departure from the rest of the car! I'm gonna get some 303 Aerospace Protectant on it. If anyone knows of anything better let me know.

What do you use on your dash??

Just like it says What do you use on it if anything? I picked up some Turtle Wax Luxe Leather Wondering what else is out there

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[mclellan83]

Scored this today-

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I just wiped it off with a wet rag, it still needs a good scrubbing and some 303 Aerospace. But it's the right color and most importantly, not cracked. It was only 20 minutes away and i paid (marginally) less than what a dash cap would cost so I'm pretty happy. The lighting in my basement sucks but the two dashboards are the same color.

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If it makes you feel any better I found a blue one for mine I bought like a year ago, been sitting at my cousins house up in Michigan since then. Will be nice to get it at some point

 

[joesregalproject]

I swapped some parts from the old dash over to the new dash today. I was looking at the cluster and compared it to an old registration paper from when I first bought the car, I have put exactly 32 miles on the car since I bought it. I'll be coming up on 8 years since I bought it at the end of this month, so averaging 4 miles a year... 😲

We need to get this thing on the road.

 

[DRIVEN]

Shameful.

 

[olds307 and 403]

I swapped some parts from the old dash over to the new dash today. I was looking at the cluster and compared it to an old registration paper from when I first bought the car, I have put exactly 32 miles on the car since I bought it. I'll be coming up on 8 years since I bought it at the end of this month, so averaging 4 miles a year... 😲

We need to get this thing on the road.

At this rate, you will have 100 miles on that bad boy by the time you leave this world.

 

[fleming442]

I wouldn't even be at work yet after 32 miles!

 

[joesregalproject]

I wouldn't even be at work yet after 32 miles!

The even worse part is the majority of that 32 miles was racked up on the drive home immediately after buying it 😵

 

[DRIVEN]

All you needed to realize that 231s suck.

 

[joesregalproject]

All you needed to realize that 231s suck.

That's a good sounding excuse

Got pretty much everything swapped over to the new dash. Still gotta clean it a little better and get some 303 on it. Is there a better way to store these dashboards? I've got a blanket under it. I don't want any damage in storage.

Also, anyone know what this connector is?

 

[fleming442]

Looks like a diode pack.