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I thought I would share with you guys some pictures of how my wood restoration is coming along. I wish I had stained them a bit darker, but oh well. I'll explain the pictures as I go. Also, I apologize for the quality...most of these were taken with my camera phone, but that's all I have.


These first few pictures were taken about two years ago. I had only had the car for about two months in these pictures. My intent wasn't to capture the wood in these photos, but you can still see how cracked and faded it all is.





Here you can see that the cracked and chipped ashtray trim isn't even attached.



It's hard to tell from this photo, but this console piece was awful when I bought this car. The wood was mustard yellow and very dried out. There were cracks everywhere, most of which went all the way through to the wood, and the entire piece was warped. Unfortunately this is the only picture I have of this piece before I began stripping it.




This picture shows the original console piece and a new (used) ashtray piece as of yesterday. Both of these pieces will need several more coats of polyurethane with sanding sessions in between coats, but this is a glimpse into the future. For some reason both pieces looked lighter in this picture than they do in the next pictures.




This is some of the wood today. Obviously that is the old chipped away ashtray wood next to the replacement piece I bought on ebay. Both the ashtray piece and the center console have received some sanding since that above photo from yesterday where they are still glossy. The other climate control piece and the right door piece are still original. You can see, even though they aren't finished, how much darker and better the center console piece and the new ashtray piece look compared to the old faded yellow of the other pieces.