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[Jared Mk3]

I won't ask how much that cost, let alone the shipping, but some nice goodies.

[colinf1]

Well lets put it this way, the shipping cost 30% of the total cost.

UK to regional Australia in 4 days is pretty darn good tho!

 

More goodies in the post today...this time switches.

 

Here we have the new switches for the switch panel, all roughly the same size handles, all are off at the same angle.

 

 

Box 1 of spares

 

Box 2

 

Carpet and Felt

 

Started to clean the front and rear screens, lots of sticker residue and screen bond to remove. Thankfully no chips or wiper scratches

 

And the rear seats, clean up but could do with a bit of a colour restore. Have conditioned the leather on them, so they are nice and soft and not dried out, just need to get the fading sorted...any one got any suggestions (without having to retrim them)

[colinf1]

Mock up of how the switch panel will look with these black handle switches...

 

 

 

Kinda looks like a mk1 mini switch panel, but the switches dont point up or down at such a big angle

[colinf1]

or this design, changed the icons to text, also changed fonts

 

[Jared Mk3]

I like the first one.

[colinf1]

I'm leaning towards the 2nd one, as it's probably more viable that the laser will be able to etch it. The text is 3mm tall, so some sections of the icons are 0.25mm so probably won't be able to etch them properly.

I might send it to the laser cutters tomorrow, see if it's possible for the to do it..

[Jared Mk3]

Good point, also think the second one has more a classic feel to it than the first one with the icons.

[colinf1]

had to work today so didnt get alot done, had planned to do a bit, hopefully get more time at it tomorrow.

 

Started stripping down the boot lid, removing the chrome bits and badge, aswell as the carpet liner on the inside.

 

Came across some yellow primer, then alot of bog. Was pretty deep, so will be to try and pull it backout.

 

A few holes, need to weld these

 

 

Big coat of paint stripper soon got the rest of the paint sorted.

 

 

Done a bit on the rear passenger side, seems to be bog free so far.

[colinf1]

I didnt realise the bottom part of the dash was only made from moulded foam...

Had a go at trying to remove the vinyl covering, only to hear a loud crack and a big chunk of foam! No worries, gonna redesign the switch panel to suit the slot, like the mk1/uk mini's.

 

Here is the pieces of what came out..

 

The metal slot

 

Boot lid stripped, ready to be welded

 

Both doors off, ready to strip and treat any nasties that may lie beneath

 

 

 

Another small rust hole.....and again filled with silicone rather than repairing it...under the rear seat bench

 

 

There is also a small bit of rust just below where the door check strap bolts onto the body. I'm happy with the progress I am making, should be able to spend more time on it as the evenings get longer and hotter in a month or so.

[colinf1]

Going to measure up that slot tonight, fit the heater unit back in temporarily and see if I can fit the heater controls and switches into the one slot.

 

Initial design layout

 

[colinf1]

A quick render of how it might look....still going of guessing dimensions, so I am hoping I can get it all to fit within the slot

 

[colinf1]

Have just measured up, needed to make drawing slighly smaller. Still looks alright.

 

Fitted heater unit in, top mounting bracket is in the way, so it will need moving back and an adapter bracket made to suit.

 

Ive got 10mm to play with from the bottom of the biggest switch to the bottom of the switch panel, plus plenty of room before you would be able to see it from under the dash, so pretty confident it will work ok.

[colinf1]

Update to dimensions, added heater control labels

 

[Jared Mk3]

I like that!

[colinf1]

Sent it off to laser cutters to see if they can do it, and more importantly, see how much coin its gonna cost!