Morris Minor Owners Club

Posted: **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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Posted: **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.

Posted: **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!

Posted: **Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:33 pm**

looks sweet.

can't beat a bit of fiddly grinding.

Posted: **Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:38 pm**

absolutely!!

Posted: **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

Posted: **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

Posted: **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!!

Posted: **Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:11 pm**

That looks pretty good!

Posted: **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...

Posted: **Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm**

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

Posted: **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!

Posted: **Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:27 am**

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

Posted: **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

Posted: **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!!

Posted: **Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:47 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:51 pm**

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

Morris Minor Owners Club

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

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