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« Reply #4740 on: April 24, 2012, 06:53:18 AM » |
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Why do every five minute job take all day, and
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« Reply #4741 on: April 24, 2012, 07:13:27 PM » |
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Glovebox thingy more or less done. Just need to make a lid for it now, possibly using a car petrol flap hinge.
I made the box as big as I could in the available space I had, (the brake servo & pipework is behind it & the wiper motor's to the left of it, so it can't be any bigger). I originally cut the opening wider to make the lid central in the panel, with the smaller box beneath, but decided I preferred it offset & actual size.
The gearbox tunnel & these curved dash panels will eventually be upholstered in thinly padded black vinyl, with the dashboard itself painted gloss black. I'll probably line the box with black rubber.
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« Reply #4742 on: April 24, 2012, 07:25:39 PM » |
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Guess what- the finished box turned out to be exactly the right size for 2 cans of Diet Coke, (my favourite drink), or the beverage of your choice.  |
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« Reply #4743 on: April 24, 2012, 07:29:01 PM » |
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« Reply #4744 on: April 24, 2012, 07:32:32 PM » |
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The V8 motor & auto gearbox chuck out quite a bit of heat -maybe I need to install a huge air con' unit behind the glovebox to keep my drinks nicely chilled?!
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« Reply #4745 on: April 24, 2012, 07:33:17 PM » |
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What about the jaffa cakes? |
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« Reply #4746 on: April 24, 2012, 07:43:11 PM » |
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 I've still got a recess to go in the top of the gearbox tunnel, in front of the gearstick.
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« Reply #4747 on: April 24, 2012, 07:50:51 PM » |
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What about the jaffa cakes? ,,chiller,,, mounted in the rear bed  |
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« Reply #4748 on: April 24, 2012, 08:23:32 PM » |
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What. warm coke and melted jafa cake no.
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« Reply #4749 on: April 24, 2012, 11:13:09 PM » |
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Seems almost a shame to paint the dashboard - it looks so 'retro' in a plastic sort of way.......
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« Reply #4750 on: April 25, 2012, 07:50:34 AM » |
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It wouldn't be that difficult to paint the dash to look like original bakelite.
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« Reply #4751 on: April 25, 2012, 04:36:36 PM » |
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I've actually got a Bakelite dash from a Ford Prefect, complete with it's original gauges, (anyone wanna buy it?). Similar to this one. We decided it looked too posh for a pick-up truck though, plus it's brown & clashed with the black theme. It'd be a shame to paint over that original finish, so I picked up a fibreglass copy for a tenner at the National Street Rod Association swapmeet last year. It was in white gel coat but had been splashed with red oxide primer. After I cleaned it up, Terry T sprayed it in yellow high build primer when he had it for wiring.
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« Reply #4752 on: April 26, 2012, 12:30:01 AM » |
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« Reply #4753 on: April 26, 2012, 07:10:50 AM » |
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I'm sure they sell that down Leeks (And other DIY stores) |
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« Reply #4754 on: April 26, 2012, 04:46:12 PM » |
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Just smooth gloss black on the dash.
My "Pop" is actually an Anglia -the export version of the Popular. It had a seperate bolt-in dash, plus opening side vents in the A panels, (just in front of the doors), to direct cool air into the footwells. Some Pops have fixed rear facing scoops instead & plainer steel dashboards welded into the bodyshell. I'm not sure whether the design changed over the years or if export & British models were different.
I want my dashboard to be the same colour as the body though -gloss black. I think it'd look too overwhelming to have the curved panels under the main dash painted as well -it would look very chunky. So by covering them & the gearbox tunnel in black vinyl I hope your eye will be drawn to the nice Art Deco lines of the dash.
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