Cardboard dash became wooden dash, which now has a lump hacked out of it for the steering column. And some aluminium (ready to be covered in vinyl) to close off the gap at the edge.
Next job then, using some pictures on the cobra forum as a guide, and photo's we took at the Goodwood Revial, work out the dial positions (for a 427sc). I'll have to be creative with switch positions as the authentic position for some of the toggle switches are either side of the speedo but these will fall foul of IVA rules so I'll have to squeeze them all in behind the steering wheel. Also the original dash wouldn't have had stuff like a fog light tell-tale lamp, nor a low brake fluid light. Or a low oil level light.
Update - 10/11/12
I neglected to include the column shroud in the planning of gauge positions. Also I forgot to include the indicator stalk and its enormous plastic housing for the hazard switch, so there's no room for the water temp gauge in its roughly authentic position. Plan B is to fit everything and see where the gauges will fit while still being visible. The new layout looks like being 4 gauges above the speedo and one over to the right of the steering column.
This time we fitted the indicator stalk and partially fitted the column shroud. The tacho is slightly obscured below 1000rpm and above 7000rpm so that shouldn't be a problem. We are keeping the plastic Sierra column shroud and covering it in vinyl. But not after some butchering with a dremel.
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