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[MiniTim71]

Hi,  I am cleaning/rebuilding a pair of eyeball vents for my '71 as I am going back to original dash having removed previous owners wooden dash.

 

Does anyone have experience or suggestion for the foam sticky tape which sits between the eyeball "socket" and the eyeball itself?

The foam provides the friction as you turn the eyeball and also stops air whistling past.

 

Any help appreciated.

Tim

 

 

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[stuart bowes]

Unless someone comes up with a better idea my first thought would be cut a strip of felt around the right thickness and neatly glue it in around the inside 

 

something along these lines maybe https://woollieandfe...felt-dark-black

 

using a glue which isn't too wet and doesn't soak into the fabric making it go all hard, you want it to stay 'cushiony' for want of a better word.  pritt stick is surprisingly good for these kind of situations silly though it might sound

Edited by stuart bowes, 19 October 2023 - 09:16 PM.

[Ethel]

If you have on old fleece jacket or similar knocking about it might be worth a go. Double sided sticky tape might be the way, if you can get it back together it shouldn't have much to do & stay stuck.

[MatthewsDad]

I've used felt cut to size in the past

[71Pickup]

There is loads available online just google sticky black felt tape should be about £6 per roll

[MiniTim71]

Guys, many thanks, some really good inspiration here which got me thinking.

 

I bought some adhesive backed felt £1 from Hobbycraft and cut it into 10mm strips with a metal rule and stanley knife.

Then carefully fitted it into the groves the original felt came out of.  The Hobbycraft felt was a little thin and I needed to put 2 layers on.

Next I popped the eyeballs back in and the fit was perfect, just the right amount of friction but easy to move and adjust.

Thanks again.

 

 

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[MiniTim71]

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Hi, just thought you might like to see the end result.

Restored Binnacle and Eyeball Vents.  Dash trim kit from Optimise Automotive.

Upper dash rail and A pillars trimmed with Leatherette

Chrome upper dash vents and ashtray form Mini-Spares

Tim

[71Pickup]

Looks good - a nice place to be

[unburntfuelinthemorning]

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Hi, just thought you might like to see the end result.

Restored Binnacle and Eyeball Vents.  Dash trim kit from Optimise Automotive.

Upper dash rail and A pillars trimmed with Leatherette

Chrome upper dash vents and ashtray form Mini-Spares

Tim

That looks great.  I love the look of the original dash.  Nice touch with the covered top dash rail too.  You say in your original post the car's a '71.  Is that a typo or have you fitted later switchgear?

[MiniTim71]

 

20231030_103017.jpg

 

Hi, just thought you might like to see the end result.

Restored Binnacle and Eyeball Vents.  Dash trim kit from Optimise Automotive.

Upper dash rail and A pillars trimmed with Leatherette

Chrome upper dash vents and ashtray form Mini-Spares

Tim

That looks great.  I love the look of the original dash.  Nice touch with the covered top dash rail too.  You say in your original post the car's a '71.  Is that a typo or have you fitted later switchgear?

 

 

Hi, the car is a 1971 Morris Mini 1000.

However in 1999 a lady commissioned a Mini Builder to build her a Mini.  They used the '71, a Metro 1275 engine and a new Heritage shell.  They weren't too fussy about originality.

I bought it 3 years ago, shell was near perfect but car was in a tired state.  I set about restoring it to as period look as possible.

I would focus on returning to Mk3 but give a little leeway for 60's/70's parts.

Horrid wheel arches came off and chrome trim replaced after paint work.

Full suspension rebuild, all adjustable.  10" Wheels and Cooper S disks.

The dash project shown here ...

Return to Mk2 rear lights

Replace the MINI1000 badge on the boot

100's of hours on detail

Gloss black roof (mk3 option)

And that 1275 is now at Oselli having a full rebuild to 1310 Stage 2 with a torquey road cam.

 

Your right about the switchgear.  Now you have pointed it out, another job on the list :)

Tim

 

ps  we both seem to be in Bedfordshire ...