Dashboard - part 4

With the leather and piping in place, I thought that I should check that the screws were still aligned with the holes in the scuttle. They weren't, so I had to elongate the scuttle holes a little to allow the dash panel screws to fit into the holes.

The holes were cut for the gauges. The leather was cut from the back with 16 scores to create a load of tabs that would push through with the gauges and be stuck down at a later time.

Leather cut ready to take gauges

The gauges were relatively easy, but the switches and warning lights were less so. I ground down a small craft type knife to allow access to the smaller holes and then cut the leather for these.

Gauges pushed through. Leather tabs still to be glued down

All the switches, warning lights and gauges were fitted in place.

The finished dashboard

The warning lights were inclined to move, so I applied some silicone around these at the rear. Now it has been put aside to cure. The tabs were glued using contact adhesive and then trimmed.

The dash loom was marked up using the wiring diagram, in preparation for the wiring job.