Ashtray Wood Repair

There was only one part of the car that fell victim to the Ahvenisto road trip. That was the ash tray. More specifically, the burlwood on it dropped off.

Unlike most pieces of trim on the car, this piece of wood is held in place with glue (or double sided tape actually). After 24 years, it let go.

The polished trim on the ashtray forms a lip, under which the lip on the burl locks in.

First, I needed to get rid of the old tape. It had turned into a vaguely sticky goop which was mostly easy to just scoop off. After that, a good scrub with paper and white spirit.

All wood parts on these were marked at the factory... When I polished the center console wood, it had a "1988" marking on it.

Applied new double sided tape and carefully slid the lid into its "groove".

Voila!