1982 Mini Scamp

Funny how stuff comes from random places.

And like animal medication, often priced well above human generic equivalents due to the emotional nature of the purchase, it pays to look around and see where equivalency exits.

Ducting and direction should be reasonably easy too.

I'm having a single outlet Rian, under the steering wheel, straight at me.


I don't think i'll ever be in a sauna, but having something that just takes the chill off is worth the kilo or so in weight.






Also, they're small enough and cheap enough, that I can stack 2 or 3 up to up heat output if necessary!

Managed to fit the heater today, had to massage the corner with a bangy stick. Scary stuff, it's not exactly thick and its alu, so I had to be careful.

Got around 4mm clearance between it and the perspex, hopefully it wont damage it.




And here she is fitted, pretty happy with that. All behind the dash and well under 1.5kg

I've marked them ready to drill the new hole, I've got an adjustable hole saw for timber, but as it's really thin alu I'm hoping that will be fine?

Clamp them (both at once for reduced wastage!) between some scrap wood & cut through the lot? Always works for me

Love this btw

Happy New Year

Matt

I've put the light switch in the column where the wiper switch used to be.

Logical really 🤦🏼‍♂️

norfolkshire: I also started driving many, many years ago. Probably not quite as many as you though. I vaguely remember foot operated light switches from my childhood but those days were over by the time I started driving.

Anyway, sorry to have bothered you Mr. Low Standards. As you were.

My see through smoke black perspex arrived from Trent Plastics

Can't fault the service and the price.


So I ignored the front end of the car and slapped her in place, marked the bolt holes and also sussed out where I wanted the speedo.


Look at that! That's all you'll see on the dash when the car is off. Very clean looking, I like it.




I got the Aldi sharpie ripoff out and started to mark where I can and can't see when sat down. Don't want a repeat of the mk1 dash




Once I was happy, I marked it out again on the rear and cut through the protective film in the places needed.

Out came the PU sealant and it was applied to the gauges and warning lights




I placed the dash on a flat surface (the bonnet) and carefully placed the items where needed, then applied a bit of weight and walked away for the night.




I'll go back in the garage later to check they're stuck and also apply more sealant to stop any light leaks around the edges.


Next up is to mask the back of the gauges/lights and spray the whole thing in matt black. This will stop you seeing through the dash except where the gauges/lights are.


Never done anything like this before and I can't say i've seen it done either, so it's pure hope that it will work. I guess we'll know in a day or so

The speedo was unavoidable really.

I'm not sure you can get an led universal one anyways, but I also wanted it to be gps ready for the engine swap.


Bear in mind once the film is off the dash it will be black, so hopefully that will tone it down a bit