Minor reconditioning of the wood center console

[russelljones48]

Mine was "loose" but the hold down screws were tight so I took it out of the car to see what was needed and clean it up a bit.  My question is this - the bottom was what was loose and it was held to the box with staples.  Is that stock or was this an ill-conceived fix and I should glue it?  I gently re-seated the staples and cleaned, waxed, and buffed it and it now seems solid and looks better but I will take it out, remove the staples and glue it if that's they way it was made originally.

[Mike K]

I went through the same exercise a few years ago. Mine was also held to the box with staples, I believe that was how it was done from the factory.

I removed the old staples, took my staple  gun and reinstalled new ones. All OK.

Best,
Mike

[TJMart]

Russell,

I had mine refurbished with all rest of the wood by a well known restorer of wood and it had the staples when finished.

[bogeyman]

I have 3 - two original with staples and a 3rd that was restored by Drew Tibkin. He used small brads to attach but there is evidence of the original staples there.

[russelljones48]

Thanks guys.  this little car is certainly an adventure.  I feel much better knowing that there's a high probability that staples were used by MB and will leave it that way.