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#1 The-evil-GT

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Posted 30 May 2022 - 02:51 PM

Hi guys , I’ve got a 1979 1275gt mini with mini 30 seats , the 3 clock walnut dash, a clock a oil pressure gauge and a voltmeter and a radio. I wanted to know what peoples must do interior modifications are as I’ve got to admit I would love cup holders and maybe an arm wrest ( I don’t really like the look of the centre consoles though )

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Posted 30 May 2022 - 02:55 PM

I fit a USB charger for phones etc for those long runs....

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Posted 30 May 2022 - 02:56 PM

If you want a cup holder, using one of these is the neatest solution I've seen...I bought one last year but haven't got around to hacking it in yet (there's a thread about it somewhere)



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Posted 30 May 2022 - 02:59 PM

I fit a USB charger for phones etc for those long runs....


I was going to use one of those clocks with the usb charger that fits into where the ash tray sits but they seem really expensive and I was told that they aren’t built very well? I don’t know if it’s true and to be honest id like to get peoples opinion on them

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Posted 30 May 2022 - 03:57 PM

I've got them all over my volvo, I used ones like this https://www.amazon.c...v,aps,54&sr=8-6

 

I just pulled out the usb bit and ditched the rest.  mainly because that was the cheapest tidiest looking option I found at the time that didn't light up like a christmas tree, but others are available

 

it does mean cutting a hole somewhere of course but it's a useful enough thing that you'll never regret putting it in,  unless you can fit it where a ciggy lighter used to be, because who even uses those now .. that's what I did on the one in the back side of my centre console for the rear seat users (kids i-pads / nintendo switches)


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Posted 30 May 2022 - 04:19 PM

I've got them all over my volvo, I used ones like this https://www.amazon.c...v,aps,54&sr=8-6

I just pulled out the usb bit and ditched the rest. mainly because that was the cheapest tidiest looking option I found at the time that didn't light up like a christmas tree, but others are available

it does mean cutting a hole somewhere of course but it's a useful enough thing that you'll never regret putting it in, unless you can fit it where a ciggy lighter used to be, because who even uses those now .. that's what I did on the one in the back side of my centre console for the rear seat users (kids i-pads / nintendo switches)


I have the same set up but just one cig lighter fitting fitted to a plate that's then screwed into the bottom dash rail

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Posted 30 May 2022 - 10:29 PM

 

I fit a USB charger for phones etc for those long runs....


I was going to use one of those clocks with the usb charger that fits into where the ash tray sits but they seem really expensive and I was told that they aren’t built very well? I don’t know if it’s true and to be honest id like to get peoples opinion on them

 

 

Got one in my mini based kit car and it fits and works fine - been in there a year so might not last forever but...?



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Posted 30 May 2022 - 10:39 PM

Also got those cheapo charger sockets, one on the dash (for satnav & dash cam) and one on the centre console for phone charging/misc) - one USB and one cigarette lighter style in each position

 

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Posted 31 May 2022 - 05:54 PM

Also got those cheapo charger sockets, one on the dash (for satnav & dash cam) and one on the centre console for phone charging/misc) - one USB and one cigarette lighter style in each position

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I like that little plastic tray that you have on the floor where the gear stick sits , where did you get that ?

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Posted 01 June 2022 - 01:24 PM

Its actually a centre console from a Fiat 500/Fiat 126  - a 20 quid punt on ebay but I had to hack a bit out of it round the handbrake lever (Note: got a better handbrake gaiter since this picture)

 

The gearlever hole is a really nice fit round the standard rod change gear lever gaiter as you can see (and you don't really see the handbrake part that much between the seats)

 

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Posted 01 June 2022 - 01:37 PM

Its actually a centre console from a Fiat 500/Fiat 126 - a 20 quid punt on ebay but I had to hack a bit out of it round the handbrake lever (Note: got a better handbrake gaiter since this picture)

The gearlever hole is a really nice fit round the standard rod change gear lever gaiter as you can see (and you don't really see the handbrake part that much between the seats)

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I might be copying you mate , just love how clean it looks. Almost as if it was made for the car.

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Posted 01 June 2022 - 01:42 PM

Looks like the price has gone up since I bought mine - but still reasonable at 30quid?

 

 

https://www.ebay.co....v0AAOSwmrNiVts-



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Posted 01 June 2022 - 01:44 PM

Looks like the price has gone up since I bought mine - but still reasonable at 30quid?

Yeah , I might try going on the owners club and seeing if anyones has got a decent second hand one. EBay prices are a bit mental at times. That’s how I made enemy’s with the hillman imp group when I tried selling some old imp parts I had lying around 😂😰


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Posted 01 June 2022 - 02:51 PM

mini-mad-mark, how did you fit that console in place?

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Posted 01 June 2022 - 02:57 PM

'That’s how I made enemy’s with the hillman imp group'

 

Well there's an sentence that I'd never thought I'd ever read!
 






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