07-10-2007, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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I think its a great idea to have the used veneers to make templates for RHD models.......[/QUOTE
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If you can peel the OEM veneers off in reasonable condition, it really isn't all that difficult to make trim pieces yourself. You can buy sheets of venners which look like the the OEM Alfa pieces and then cut them to fit using your original pieces as a pattern. Furniture makers/restorers, musical instrument makers, boat builders, really all kinds of wood workers do this sort of thing all the time. I have a couple of guitar maker buddies that can do it, although they complain bitterly about being made to stoop so low to do that kind of work and remind me incessantly that they are _only_ doing this for me, etc., etc. If you can put up with the occasional whining, the above kinds of folks can probably do the job for you for not much money. 
If the wood itself isn't damaged (scratches and holes), you can probably even refinish it on the car. A light sanding with very fine paper and a careful refinish can transform grotty looking Alfa interior veneers.
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Jim
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'70, 1750GTV, 2nd series
'62, Lancia Flaminia Zagato3c, 2nd series
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