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[tom1]

Hi due to snow/cold (it's to cold to work outside) I was wondering if any one would like to share there pics, of there inside of there Motorsport minis. This is the next set of jobs, on my to do list, on my hill climb mini. i would like to see all type of Motorsport mini not just hill climb ones. I think we can all learn from each other.

[keefr22]

Good idea, I'll be watching this one, as we're in the middle of gutting ours to try & do it 'properly'! Always up for pinching good ideas...!!

Just finished cutting the companion bin out of the drivers side yesterday - what a job that was, not as easy as I thought it would be! Only the passenger side to go now!!

[Cooperman]

[Ryang556]

Jealous isn't the word

[steven]

Jealous isn't the word

agreed

[Ryang556]

I could sit in there and it'd be like a museum

[rally515]

What have you lined the dash rails with peter ?
looks ace, what im aiming for but with less dials haha

[Cooperman]

The panels are made from 16 swg (1.5 mm) aluminium alloy sheet covered with black leather-cloth to match the leather-cloth on the 'S's top & bottom dash rails. The navigator's panel has twin clocks, a Brantz Twin-display tripmeter, plus switches for everything, two auxiliary sockets, a switch for 'fuel pump 2', a washer pump flick switch and a horn button. The driver's panel has a Smiths 0 - 10000 tacho, voltmeter, starter button (replacing the key start), 22 psi oil pressure warning light, heated screen switches & warning lights, by-pass ignition switch, reversing light switch and warning light, washer switch, and 3-position switches for two spot & two driving lights (only 2 fitted normally).

FIA Battery master switch is on the floor between the seats. You can just see the washer fluid bottle on the LH side by the front roll cage leg.

[Cooperman]

What have you lined the dash rails with peter ?
looks ace, what im aiming for but with less dials haha

The black dash rail lining is as near original Cooper 'S' black leather-cloth as I could find.

As I used to work in the aircraft industry and actually worked on instrument panel design I made these myself rather than buy the 'works replica' panels. I think mine are neater, but you need fairly long arms to reach them when strapped in. I put a button-type starter on the driver's panel as it's difficult to reach the key quickly when strapped in. If I stall it on a test I just hit the button.

[rally515]

great cheers, looks brill, if that was mine id just sit in it every weekend staring at that dash haha.................although im quite sad like that

[Cooperman]

Here is the dash as fitted to my friend's Austin Mini 850 rally car in which I did my first rally in a Mini in 1961. The instrument on the left, of which only a half of it can be seen, is a Halda Speedpilot - very rare these days. It was an early rally computer reading average speed, time and distance.

[RedRallyMini]

I finally know where to put my battery cut off switch .

[minisi35]

A few of mine (almost finished!)

[Cooperman]

Looks like that one is going to be excellent with everything in the right place. With a rally interior it is important to make sure everything falls to hand easily when driving flat out.

As a suggestion, you might want to consider a push-button starter button on the right hand side of the driver's dash. It is surprising how you can 'fumble' trying to get to the keys when you inadvertently stall it at a hairpin or if you slightly overshoot a junction.

Edited by Cooperman, 25 March 2013 - 10:09 AM.

[minisi35]

Thanks Peter , will do that when its all up and running
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