Not to start a fight...but....Armour All the dash? :-)

[Doogie]

My first D, 4205, had a perfect black dash and binnacle. I kept it that way by using a dash mat for normal driving/use, and only removed it for judged shows. I cleaned it with Mother's cleaning wipes. AFAIK, it's still in good condish.

I think this is the route I should go. The car was literally under covers for the past 25 years, so I suspect NO maintainence was done at all (as evidenced by the 25 year old gas). Once I got it and got it going again, it started getting out into the sun, something that dawned on me when we were at the Indianapolis event earlier this year, parked in the nice sunny day in the infield. I through a towel on the dash, and decided I need to get a dash carpet right then.

I think I'll stick with water for cleaning and dash carpet for protection.

Thanks.

What kind of oil should I use?

[pezzonovante88]

ArmorAll is greasy crap. To clean the dash/binnacle just use a slightly damp cloth. To protect it, there are many other non-silicone based vinyl protectors out there. In the D, I haven't used anything.