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[mike49]

youre woody is absolutely lovely! i remember that dashboard in miniworld haha. but yeah them switches look the business though!

[Sprocket]

Picture of mine finally fettled and fitted. The dash panel is not fitted but you can see that in another post

[steveobennet]

yep they are savage push switches. abit more modern looking than the original mini switches. your looking around £20 each, but someone might still sell them on ebay for around £17 posted.

[Rob Himself]

Ooo nice ... how hard is it to convert OEM switches to aftermarket ones...? Carbon fibre ftw!

[ERAturbo]

ERA turbo...not quite completely original.

Digital air intake temp and boost pressure SPA gauge (top left of 6 smaller dials).. instead of standard boost gauge (also the dials have been moved around a little so it was easier to see the most important ones)

Solid Silver ID plate on dash (next to heater)..showing ERA logo and car number - this covered up a hole made by previous owner.

Shift light mounted in ashtray

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[flamenco]

I also agree that those dashes in momo and the woody look gorgeous!!

Mine does have an autoplas dash, it is however standard but with some added guages..quite common here in Malta apparently..

Edited by flamenco, 14 February 2008 - 03:17 PM.

[Gingerjoe]

Mines still being worked on, been a pretty long project... lol, making glove conpartment & still primering, then its gonna be sprayed cream & a personal painting will be done on it.

so far:

[garrett3]

thanks

Edited by garrett3, 01 November 2008 - 12:44 PM.

[ImagoX]

With dashes like these, which are fairly standard, do you dismount the instruments from the binnacle or what? I have the standard "square" binnacle over the steering column (my car is a '92), and as much as I like my "open dash" setup I positively HATE the fugly 70's-looking instrument box. How do you mount the instruments into the rectangular piece intended for that purpose?

[ryan69]

Isn't that from a ford ka? Looks good, I remember someone was going to make a fibreglass mould of one.

Also do I see a roof chop?

[bamby]

thats what mines looking like just need to perfect the wood now !

[garrett3]

thanks

Edited by garrett3, 01 November 2008 - 12:45 PM.

[jay w]

These are both Autoplas dashes that have been modified. They have also had a few days of sanding to get rid of the fake leather look, and lots of paint...

WOW, they look fantastic

never thought something a bad as an autoplas dash could be made to look so fantastic

[padnic]

Couldn't agree more, they are fantastic looking autoplas dashboards!!!

[Gingerjoe]

With dashes like these, which are fairly standard, do you dismount the instruments from the binnacle or what? I have the standard "square" binnacle over the steering column (my car is a '92), and as much as I like my "open dash" setup I positively HATE the fugly 70's-looking instrument box. How do you mount the instruments into the rectangular piece intended for that purpose?

yupp! the instuments are held on by a bracket that can be removed by going in the bonnet & removing 4 bolts, I then Just cleaned up the clocks & screwed them to the inside of the dash, worked mint, have you got that horid plastic thing covering it? Argh, took me so long to get off ! give me a shout if you need anything else, retrodash knows his stuff too! :]