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    That goes on the left side drivers side . Behind the dash. The little small louver vent. Sensor for cabin temperature control.
     
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    Oh my, that leather is quite wrecked and stretched. Good luck in restoring it. I just finished sorting out my dash and ended buying replacement parts (as I am not as handy as you). Ended up going to Ferrparts and Eurospares.
     
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    i'll give it a go :D:D:D
     
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    #532 spiderscott, Mar 21, 2018
    Didn't get much done today as my F355 has been playing up so needed to look into that problem.
     
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    Did manage to start working on the interior bits. I will attempt to improve all the imperfections and re-colour.

    1.First it was a good clean up.

    2.Then a light sand down to remove the rough bits

    3.Then first layer of flexi filler

    And thats as far as I got ......
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    #536 spiderscott, Mar 21, 2018
    The dash top is to far gone to repair. Again I will try my skills at making a new one, not done it before so don't expect anything marvellous :cool:

    Also the part that sits in the centre console and usually has seat beats in its of no use to me here in the UK, I have already modified the seatbelt system to be UK spec. So I might try and also fill those two belt slots and recover ????
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    Wow Scott, that looks like a great start on the leather restoration! Maybe I can pick up a few tips from you along the way. I never knew about the Flexfill.
     
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    #538 spiderscott, Mar 21, 2018
    I use a company here in the Uk called 'Furniture Clinic', Ive used their products to do my seats on 308 & 355 before with some decent results. Nothing on this Testarossa scale but always keen to give it a shot. Anyway the guys at Furniture Clinic are super helpful and really resourceful for all interior issues. They also have a few handy videos and tutorials online and on YouTube

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    #539 turbo-joe, Mar 21, 2018
    W O W:
    only one cup of coffee for all the work?
    so when finished some beer?
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    ha ha ha for sure , well deserved beer today :cool:
     
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    #543 spiderscott, Mar 21, 2018
    Im just using a leather I bought a few years back on ebay to recover my old 308 panel shelve. It was a cut off hide for about £30

    Its been in a box ever since so has a few creases, hence the iron :)
     
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    Scott,
    Replace that plastic backing on the upper dash with something like ABS . My original was cracked and broke. I was able to salvage the original leather.
     
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    You should have refinished it all in black!!!!
     
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