What model year and make of the vehicle in question? Just curious.
Seems like padded dash pads were standard from the 1965 model year forward on most vehicles? Even earlier on others. Being OEM, they would be molded.
About 20 years ago, a friend procured a verified CHP ('formal") Royal Monaco and restored it into a Bluesmobile. It was a great restoration, especially under the hood. He found a trim shop (specializing in boat interiors) that recovered the existing padded dash, stitching it together. They did a credible job, but not a restoration perfect job. He priced them at Just Dashes and felt that price was too high for him, so he found the other place locally.
When I was looking at the K-car New Yorkers at a new car show, I noticed that when they made the mold for the dash pad, they obviously used a stitched-together pad. It was a very detailed situation, copying the texture of the thread used in the pattern, right down to the LINT on the thread. I was impressed and smiled when I saw that . . . molded right into the vinyl covering. ONLY Chrysler would do that!
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