Has anyone had experience with the padded dash on 56 Ford passenger cars? I bought another 56 Ford on eBay last night which is identical to the Ford I was driving when I dated my wife over 40 years ago except that it has a padded dash that appears to have seen better days due to Oregon high desert heat. Can the padding merely be removed and the dash painted or was the dash different sheet metal to accept the padding? I am having the car shipped from Bend OR to central Texas and probably won't actually see it for a month or so. I have 3 other 56 Fords and a half a dozen parts cars and none of them came with a padded dash.

Kenneth

Fredricksburg, Texas