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[rally515]

I actually strangely like the airplane style dashboard with all the dials
Anyone know where i can get one

 

Find yourself some wood, gauges and map lights and you,ve got yourself what you're after Jack, althought that one mounted to the 6 point cage so if you're running without a cage then you'l have to make up some steel angled hanger/mounting bracket

[Orange-Phantom]

A couple more ideas for you!

 

Mine

 

 

 

My dad's (Tony Pond's old Mini!)

 

[rally515]

Vey smart phantom, in the second pictograph the top dash rail looks a tad large, maybe a custom rail and it'd look the dog's plumbs

[MrBounce]

A friend & I set to build mine years ago when my speedo in my 85 Mayfair broke. We designed it on paper first, brainstormed for several evenings over several beers (try it - it's amazing what you can come up with!), then started collecting parts. I will need to dig out a pic (don't have one to hand at the moment as I sold the car 8 1/2 years ago), but amongst the parts used were:

 

A top rail sliced up.

Lots of MDF & Vinyl

Coin tray from a Montego

Manual swtich for cooling fan

"Push Once" button from a bus (used as the starter button)

Speaker for the CB constructed from a broken oil pressure gauge and a clock radio.

Remote control for the Sony Radio.

Centre speedo repositioned in front of the driver

4x 52mm dials surrounding the main speedo

52mm Tim tacho in pod on the top of the dash

CB Radio

Cubby hole from a Transit

Pin switch for glovebox light from a Volvo 440

Glovebox light from a Vauxhall Astra

Some plug chain

A Mini badge.

 

Lots of glue and ingenuity, granted, but well worth it. Plus it is different to anyone else's. It was even featured in Mini Magazine's report on Mini in the Park in 1999 (October edition, page 68 under title "Dashing Off" if you're interested)

[Cooperman]

 

My rally dashboards.

[mini-andrews]

This is a prototype that I have made.

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The PDF one that you can get is not right, this had been templated from the original one out of my mini, when I offered the PDF print out to the one I made it is different. I used 12mm laminated mdf then covered it with vinyl graphic.

[Kellym]

http://bit.ly/1aJ93gD

This is the link to the templates on eBay has anyone used or know anyone who has used these?? X

[jaydee]

You can download these from the forum

You can download these from the forum

You can download these from the forum

 

Edited by jaydee, 15 July 2013 - 09:00 PM.

[mini-andrews]

I don't but it looks like the PDF one on the first page. If you make one cut it bigger as you can always take off more but not put bk on.

[Kellym]

Best wake the hamster up to power the old laptop and get them printed out :) at least I now have something to do on the weekend while he is still at the welders haha x

[1984mini25]

This is just a plain 3 clock one I started making...

 

 

and the one I made for the green mini, I'll try and take a better pick.

 

 

and the dials/warning lights.

 

[mini-andrews]

If your b&q has a cutting saw for sheets they might have an off cut. Anything 12mm 1220mm x 250mm would be ok, reckon u will get it for £1

[MINI MAD RKH]

I'm planning on doing my own but have been wondering about the angled section for the main dials, I take it most are a wedged piece of material glued (or bolted/screwed) onto the face of the main dash piece?? 

 

 

A couple more ideas for you!

 

Mine

 

 

 

Wow, I was gonna ask about the 3 switches in the middle but have spotted a whole lot more, do you have a build thread for your car

 

You can download these from the forum

You can download these from the forum

You can download these from the forum

 

Edited by MINI MAD RKH, 16 July 2013 - 10:54 PM.

[1984mini25]

a few better picks...

 

[JacckKirk]

A couple more ideas for you!
 
Mine
 

Is your dash custom or something i really like it could you point me in the direction of gettin on similar
Cheers
Jack