Dashboard Mk2

Sunny Saturday afternoon, got some beer, got my power tools and got a nice bit of 6mm thick marine ply to make a new dashboard. First job - old dash off and remove all the dials and switches. Amazingly I managed to keep the loom intact although this will receive some attention to tidy up and rationalise. Here's everything removed from the old dashboard:

I used the old dash as a template and got to work with the jigsaw. Barely 10 minutes later an here's the new bit of wood just to check it fits. Spent a bit of time smoothing out the curve on the top of the dashboard as the old dash wasn't a smooth curve and was quite noticeable. This one is a lot better.

Marked out the gauge positions - note now only 3 gauges over the speedo. I'm ditching the ammeter as it wasn't even connected before, just there for show. The main reason for a new dash is for a better tacho position so I will temporarily fit the dash and the steering wheel then get the old bits of paper and strips of tape out to position it (hopefully better than on dash mk1).

Update Monday 14th:

Adhesive left to dry overnight then pop the gauges back in. Bit of re-wiring left to do now that I've removed a gauge. Even though the ammeter wasn't connected to the main power feed it still had a backlight which needs removing. Due to the tacho moving some wires now don't reach so a bit of wire chopping is required.