Most of you guys are better than me at everything. Here's Bridget's dodgy dash board I made a few years ago with some marine plywood and 1/8-inch blanks of mahogany and tiger maple I mail-ordered from Woodcraft. Cut it all up on a table saw and glued it together with some furniture epoxy.
I still kind of like it.
Plus I equipped a proper British "Gentleman's Emergency Kit" in the glovebox.