Challenger Proto Tool Board (man is it rough)

[HeelSpur]

This is gonna be a project that will be on the back burner for now but would like opinions of how you would attempt to make her look Purdy.
Its plywood and am pondering about removing the top layer and gluing it to a new board.

[Papaw]

Looks like your only choice is to try that. I hope you can get the top piece off intact.

[john k]

I would think about removing the hooks, and take it to one of those specialty shops that could scan the face, so if it went bad in remounting it, you would still have something.  This is about like one I saw recently. 

[dimwittedmoose51]

That one appears to be in better shape than the Crescent ones I was bidding on for Paaw a year or two ago(same auction I got the P&C 3/4" box).  Are those hooks held on by some funny little 4 point threaded nuts in the back?  I've got a source for those in stainless if you get to the refurbish stage.....prolly even have some Klik Stop adjs. to cough up for the project.

DM&FS

[johnsironsanctuary]

I would take three or four overlapping photos that are dead on straight.  That minimizes lense distortion. Remove the hooks first.  Get someone with Photoshop or Corel to stitch them together. The photoshop person can add the damaged bottom part. A sign shop can probably make a new one from that.  You probably should talk it over with the sign shop first. They may have some other ideas. I would leave the original alone. It is a nice wall decoration as is.

[HeelSpur]

That one appears to be in better shape than the Crescent ones I was bidding on for Paaw a year or two ago(same auction I got the P&C 3/4" box).  Are those hooks held on by some funny little 4 point threaded nuts in the back?  I've got a source for those in stainless if you get to the refurbish stage.....prolly even have some Klik Stop adjs. to cough up for the project.

DM&FS

Had a loose one and pulled it out, it looks like the end of a nail, just pointed.

[johnsironsanctuary]

OK, don't try to get the hooks out photograph it hooks in and take tem out in Photoshop.

[oldtools]

Dust it off good, clean it up with air, Use runny glue & blow into layers, Clamp & weights to hold layers together to set.. 
at least it will be "Original"...