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[minisi35]

half term week so im not touching the mini, well trying too lol

[brad-the-bear]

what welder are you using? and what type of metal are you using to weld with?

[minisi35]

what welder are you using? and what type of metal are you using to weld with?

im using a mini mig 130 with 0.6m wire, most of the steel is 18swg with the reinforced sections with 3mm steel

[minisi35]

Back in the garage....
needs a bit of tidying but this is a picture of the nuts ive welded on the top rail


This is actually the second and third dash ive made. The one without the clock was scrap as the new tool i had bought to cut the hole moved out of adjustment and cut the hole 5mm to big!!

[benb12]

Superb project! Hopefully I'll see it in action one day as I'm just getting into road rallying myself, with a Maestro though not a Mini. Just working out what modifications I need to comply with the regs and trying to source parts - not so easy with a Maestro it seems. Your fabrication is good, keep it up

[minisi35]

Superb project! Hopefully I'll see it in action one day as I'm just getting into road rallying myself, with a Maestro though not a Mini. Just working out what modifications I need to comply with the regs and trying to source parts - not so easy with a Maestro it seems. Your fabrication is good, keep it up

Thanks Ben, if you need any advice on road rallying feel free to ask

[minisi35]

finally got the dash how i want it......



you can see where i added the lower bracket with a nut welded on it for easy fit


Not a bad crackle finish

[minisi35]

Dash finished!!!
What do you think?

[Risky]

Looks really good, I love the works style dash!

[minisi35]

Thanks Risky
Heres one of the finished item with the labels on

[Risky]

Very nice, I'd like to have a dash like that in my Mini, as I'm going for the rally-look (slowly but steadily)

[leadly]

Great project so far matey.

Now time to read C4NNON's while the mrs watches bloody x factor!

[minisi35]

Time to catch up on my work
I fitted the group 2 arches to see how much i have to cut away for clearance


then proceded to make a ******* up of cutting the edge off the arch on the one end, you can see where ive marked to cut the slots for bending to form the new lip

[minisi35]

then got a strip of metal and reformed the shape of the arch and put the strength back into it



cleaned up a bit


the finished article

[minisi35]

For those that are interested this is the look im going for