Type 26 crash pad???

[nomad]

Wondering what the current options are for a padded dash/crash pad for the type 26 S1/S2?

Kurt
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[nomad]

Wondering what the current options are for a padded dash/crash pad for the type 26 S1/S2?

Kurt
26/3754

By the dearth of answers it looks like I will have to make a crash pad. Not all that difficult, just time consuming.

Kurt

[661]

I got mine from the type 26 register , which is very good, but I don't think they exist anymore and Charles seems to have gone radio silent for some months.
It's a shame the tooling arrangements they used are not public knowledge as someone else could continue their good work.

[zog]

RD Enterprises usually has one. Probably Dave Bean as well. If you are on the other side of the pond you can check SJ Sportcars, Kelsports and Tony Thompson.

The new crash pads come as just an ABS type plastic hollow shape. So I keep the original crash pad foam to stuff back into the new one to give it a more solid feel. I peel the thin broken plastic off the foam. Even if the foam breaks up into several chunks you can stuff it back into the new crash pad and fill in any gaps with "Great Stuff".

I have never used Great Stuff to fill the whole crash pad as I think it might expand too much.

The new crash pads are not shaped perfectly around the vent/speaker grill area. The vacuum mold process does not bring the edge down enough. I usually end up grinding the bottom side of the grill down a bit so the grill sits flush when it's mounted.

[nomad]

When I was young I took the advise offered in the movie "The Graduate" and worked for a small plastics company while I was going to school. Though they didn't do crash pads for auto's, they did thermoforming as well as expanded urethane. Not difficult, I'm sure the molds for these pads exist and it would be nice if Charles work was continued. I communicated with him just as he was discontinuing production and he claimed that certain parts of the process had been deemed "hazardous" and that is why they were being discontinued. Personally I can't see that process being anymore hazardous than so many other things.

Anyway thanks for the comeback Graeme and Bob. I haven't contacted anyone in England yet to see if they have a spare and might try that. If I can find a shell I'll follow your excellent advise, Bob.

Kurt
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Dave