On 2007-05-01 19:02:01 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
said:

Thanks for the tips, chaps. Trouble is as usual they range from 'I *think*
I can do that' to 'far canal, I'll get it done professionally'.

Just to add, the door bits are flat veneer with a painted or whatever
edge, and the dash ones a simple curve in one plane only again with a
painted edge. There's no real pattern match either as the dash bits are
small - no more than about 9" long by about 4" wide and separated by air
vents, etc.

Just to put a perspective on this.....

Some 15 years ago, a colleague had the dashboard panel of his Bentley
re-veneered and finished by their own operation.

The result was absolutely outstanding by any measure, which was good,
because said colleague had lovingly restored the rest of the vehicle.
Now it was in pink, (well he called it champagne) but he claimed it was
original.

At any rate, the finished result was superb.

It cost him £2000 at the time......

Having said that.... to put another perspective on costs...... I
recently looked in the windows of some designer shops in the St Germain
area of Paris. In one, there were assorted designer radiators.
One particularly caught my eye - a stainless steel production of low
profile with a seat that would go in a conservatory. It has a price
tag of "seventy nine ninety five euros". No there wasn't a decimal
point.