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[E-Tizzle]

i have just taken my dash out of the car, then i took the top and bottom rails off of the bulkhead.
i really like the result, what do you think? i like how much extra room there is, and i quite like the shape of the metal bulkhead.
has anyone else done this and kept it like that?
youll have to ignore the wires and obviously the switches would need to be moved back

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[twiggy]

i have just taken my dash out of the car, then i took the top and bottom rails off of the bulkhead.
i really like the result, what do you think? i like how much extra room there is, and i quite like the shape of the metal bulkhead.
has anyone else done this and kept it like that?
youll have to ignore the wires and obviously the switches would need to be moved back

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I had mine like this (but with a speedo pod), loved it, kinda stripped out rally styleeeeee...



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[E-Tizzle]

thats not what i meant. i was talking about completely removing the padded dash to expose the metal bulkhead.
isnt the way you have it, the way that all later minis are.. (except coopers with the walnut dash)

[1977 Loud_Mini]

Looks good, could do with a paint up as it looks like it just has overspray on it (might be the light in your picture). I have my top rail removed and i like the look of it, well it was like it when i purchased the car so i haven't seen it any other way. Aren't the mk1's/mk2's like that anyway?

[Midas Mk1]

Thats not overspray, its where BL didnt paint in body colour, leaving bare primer lol
I like Minis without the top dash rail, it seems more open and bigger, one of the reasons ive converted to a Centre Speedo

[adam_93rio]

mk1 and 2 minis had the exposed metal and in my opinion it looks great. obvoiusly in the event of a crash youd rather hit your head on the cover. but who cares when it looks like that. i got my dad a mk1 and i love the inside, ill see if ive got a picture

[E-Tizzle]

just found some pictures of mk 1. they seem to have, i assume depending on preference, either bare metal, or the metal covered in leather or vinyl.
i really like the shape but i like it with the covering on as well.

the last picture is pretty crap

[mini-man-dan]

Same as van's and pickups. They had a different panel for the switches that laid flush with the bare metalmetalmetal

[Minigirlracer]

I've just bought some balck vinyl to completely remove the top dash rail as its loose and I can never see if the indicator is on or not. Plus people will be able to see the clifford LED better.... Hoping to make it look more roomy and not so cluttered

[1984mini25]

This is the dash I’ve currently got in the project mini (still in a work in progress)

I gave up with trying to get my replacement dash rail to fit, it was the left over one from stupidly giving the ex my decent one for hers. So instead I just welding in a spare chrome switch panel into the lower panel and smoother it all in, as I say it’s not all finished just yet, but gives you an idea.

[E-Tizzle]

in the top picture (i.e the far away one), those switches looks the nads!!!

what have you done with the heater-to-screen pipes, have u got rid of them or have u extended them and put them around the side?

[MichaelH]

I think, a dashboard should look like this:




No padding on upper or lower dash rail, just a centre speedo (and possibly without the air vents, also)


Cheers,
Michael

[1984mini25]

in the top picture (i.e the far away one), those switches looks the nads!!!

what have you done with the heater-to-screen pipes, have u got rid of them or have u extended them and put them around the side?

Thanks, I would really like to splash on some new switches, but can’t afford much at the mo and those ones work.

The heater to screen vents and pipes will be going back in as standard behind the dash, it’s just easier at the mo without them as I’m still playing around with the fit of the dash etc as it's a home made item.

[ReadySalted]

I want to do this tonight, is it a quick job? and how do you do it? Just peel it off, cut it off, unbolt it??

[benmoffat]

Did mine the other day. Bottom one is quick. Theres some metal clips on the rear edge of the padding, slip those off with a screwdriver and take the padding off, might be difficult to do it without damaging it but if youre not going to use the padding again then thats not a problem.

Theres 3 nuts you need to undo on the underside of the top dash rail. Take those off and then you will have to wiggle and lift off one end, then lift out the other two to remove the dash rail as one piece. You may end up bending the bolts but thats ok if youre not going to use it again.

Good luck.