my dash, not quite finished, but you get the drift!

Post by **callyspoy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:34 pm

as per title, this is my new dash, it's getting there, needs a bit of playing with, but should be alright!<br>

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Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:47 pm

looks a nice job especially around the dials on the centre consul which looks like it could have so eaily gone wrong.

Post by **callyspoy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:59 pm

ha thanks, that's the beauty of a dremel, makes little fiddly grinding a bit of a doddle!

Post by **superchargedfool** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:33 pm

looks sweet.

can't beat a bit of fiddly grinding.

Post by **callyspoy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:38 pm

absolutely!!

Post by **forbesg** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:01 am

Awesome. What speedo did you use? And what diff is it coupled to?
It's got me thinking.

-Grant

Post by **callyspoy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:02 pm

ha, that is one of the "not finished" bits! the speedo is a late mgb one and is exactly the same size as the early minor ones(as per my sig pic) so fits great. no cable as yet as its a fiat box i need to get one made up, so cant tell if it will be out or not...the diff is a marina 3.9

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:03 pm

How did you make the two rectangular gauges change from white to dark faces ? Current fashion in Mini world is to change all dials to white face, you seem to be going backwards!!

Post by **alanworland** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:11 pm

That looks pretty good!

Post by **callyspoy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:31 pm

actually bmc...one of the gauges is rectangular, the other is round. rather odd that they did that, but hey, all good fun! and the way i did it was to buy a NOS black version of the same fuel gauge, and for the oil pressure just a standard 52mm smiths oil pressure gauge. the reason i went black is so that they matched the ones in the centre dash panel. it would have been ridiculously expensive to source cream/magnolia/white versions of the other three!
i think i did it without it looking too much like a bodge...

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm

Ahh -so behind the rectangular window, sits a round gauge ? Well done - looks fine.

Post by **callyspoy** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:14 pm

yes, only one of them though! and what do you mean fine??!! it looks a work of art! haha! i am only joking obviously!

Post by **Redmoggy** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:27 am

Made a bloody nice job of that mate,well done!

Post by **ASL642** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:36 pm

Like the red steering wheel - did you acquire it recently from ebay as we may have been bidding against each other

Post by **callyspoy** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:32 pm

cheers Rod! hope all is well in NZ!
thanks too Lou, i didn't acquire it that recently...perhaps december? anyway, you'd know if you were bidding against me, its the same name!!

Post by **ASL642** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:47 pm

Ah, fine - I'd hate to push the price up!

Post by **callyspoy** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:51 pm

ha, well actually it was ridiculously cheap compared to others on ebay at the time! bonus!