Where can I get one of these Ranger parts?

[Mantis]

It's the front panel from my 1988 Ranger 364V that I'm in the process of restoring. I've tried to repair it without much luck. Pulling out the trolling motor plug cracked it. Does anyone know where I can get a new or used one?

[ironhead]

Call ranger, you will have to pull it out and send it to them (what I was told by the local dealer) for them to make an exact replacement. If I remember right they wanted around $20 or 30 for it. I will also be getting another dash panel with mine, that maybe what they needed sent back.

[21XDC]

If your handy, I'd just make one from a flat peice of lexan or carbon fiber look alike.

[A Fn Noob]

What about getting a piece of black walnut, or honduran mahogany (Or whatever *your* favorite commercially extinct hardwoods are), route it out in the middle, yada yada yada.... Then pure tung oil (Not tung oil 'finish')

[Mantis]

Thanks for the ideas.

I called Ranger, and the price is now $55.00 for a flat piece of plastic . If that's all I would get for my money, I believe I will fabricate my own piece. Although wood would look nice, I'm going to go with a sturdy type of plastic. Carbon fiber would be nice. Does anyone have a good source?

[21XDC]

Try doing a search on "carbon fiber" using the "search" link on the top of this page.

[A Fn Noob]

Yeah. I've got a similar plastic piece like yours, and I'm thinking about making something that I can put a fishfinder screen on, and angled it upwards.

Something similar to but not necessarily like this: