I am new to this forum, I am a motorcycle painter an fabricator and have built a few cars. I am currently redoing a 1968 Coupe deville, fairly modified and custom. I am doing about 95% of the work and have been going back and forth with the idea of turning it into a fiberglass dash in order to paint it to match the kandy and flaked paint job of the exterior. The dash in it is original and has cracks in both the vinyl and foam. I have read allot of forums on this job and none have really been straight forward and overly informative. What I am most curious about is the beginning steps, I have used fiberglass and many other fillers for shaping. I am unclear about the starting point, should I create a plug, remove the vinyl and foam and form a fiberglass shell over that, or can I remove the vinyl and somehow seal the existing (shaped) foam and fiberglass over that directly. Either with Fleece or fiber mat. I would obviously prefer to do what is easiest BUT it needs to be right also.