Ok. So I've seen custom dash's and Mini's with Starlet dash's .. What other small car dash's do you think could / would / or have seen go into a Mini?

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Manda
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Madam Cheglair - 1970 Mini K

What's wrong with the good character of a mini K dash?



Dashes discussed recently here: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39497

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Hey Chong, that's a fantastic photo!

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Cheers! Canon 5D 17mm I love my WIDE angles

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

I've seen the following all crammed in a mini before:

Toyota Starlet (as above)
Ford Ka
Daihatsu Charade
BMW Mini
Audi TT
Honda Civic
Suziki Swift (gen 1)


Basically with enough time you can put anything in there. Just depends how much time / money you have.

...and lack of taste you have (Sorry! )

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

An Austin America speedo binnacle actually fits inside a Leyland Mini 3 clock binnacle which is whats I,ll be doing for my Van project
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I know where they have been talked about already.. I was just wondering about other dashs .. theres nothing wrong with the stock standard of the original minis'.

Just curious as to what combos.

Would you ever consider putting a mini dash into a commodore? (question asked by my 11yr old earlier this evening .. hense pondering this question)

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Manda
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Madam Cheglair - 1970 Mini K

Those are some interesting and totally different dashes. The mind boggles at how much can be altered these days. I find myself constantly sitting in my mini thinking.. wow .. its just a shell and how much could I do to this. Mini's are like a blank canvas. Guess thats half the appeal. No matter if you do do anything on them or dont do anything on them.. You can still dare to dream and every dream will be different.

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Manda
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Madam Cheglair - 1970 Mini K

Only problem is that some dreams turn into nightmares that leave you kicking and screaming all night long.

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ANY SEA ANY TIME

Dashes discussed recently here: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39497[/quote]

Does not matter, the more the better, including some clubbie dashes - please, come on ladies - hop to it !

Regards
Seahag

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On a mission for Mister Bridger

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Daihatsu Mira isn't a bad fit. If you must.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Yaris and Echo with the centre pod look like an easy fit with a little choppy-choppy.

Cheers,

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Personally I'm of the opinion that no dashboard from a japanese car looks right in a mini, particularly anything from the 80s to mid 90s. Admittedly before I commited to my dash I was going to use the dash from a new MX5, but finding one prooved difficult.

Most of my preferences for conversions were from british / german cars like an MG TF, a Smart Roadster or a lotus elise. I even looked at a BMW 1 series at one point too.

I was looking over some video of a guy putting in a dash from one car .. into the cabin of another. To fit it he wasn't quite clear on the methods. Would you more commonly use metal brackets / alloy brackets and fibre glass. ?

Even then I'm not convinced when it comes to painting fibre glass. Could you adhere some form of leather or carpet ? Is fibre glass something that things stick to easy. As I've heard plastic has a major issue when your sticking things to it.

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Manda
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Madam Cheglair - 1970 Mini K