Very cool that you're reviving this car!
Thanks Stephen
Onto this weekends work. So on Monday i have made up the prototype panel (note the change in name more on this later) and had it almost complete apart from switch position and where i was going to put the warning light. So saturday morning (18th May 2024) Daniel and i headed out to get things fitted. Daniel ably assisted with the allen key as we bolted the dask plate in place, this allowed me to pick up a couple of missing bolt holes and sort out where the bolts on the right hand side were going to go. A bit of mucking around, including having to drop the steering column and remove the panel to drill the switch holes, we had the dash in place with gauges and switches fitted. Daniel even practiced his launches. though maybe a seat will help. (see pic below)
The first observation was.....the rev counter is not aligned to the steering column (see white line on the pic below to show correct position), so i'm going to have to re-make it as my OCD can't cope with that. It's no bad thing as some of the gel coat has chipped off the edges of the panel so this re-make will allow me to perfect the process and get a better product at the end.
The other simply bolt in place job that i was going to get Daniel to do was to fit the cruiser pedal....yeah that's not a bolt on job, but handily i have some talented friends who will get it sorted over the next few weeks when i lift the carpet. So not a big update, but some progress made. Excuse the finger prints over the panel it does look a lot better when clean. Next week i'll head up and make a new one and get it bolted in while the lad is at football.
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