Ok, I decided to spend the hour needed to upload a few new pics to the site. Here are some shots of the dash before installation. The entire assembly was diasassembled and striped of its very hard epoxy finish and then refinished by me.

This is the dash assembled and sitting on my kitchen counter


A close-up of the gauge section. The gauges are out at a company called Nissonger being rebuilt and calibrated so they will be just as inaccurate as they were when they were new.



This is a close-up of the center section. That is original vinyl. It was in good shape, so I left it for originality points. At the top aree heater and fresh air controls. At the bottom are the switches for all the electrical equipment.



Here is the glove compartment side. The door was in really bad shape and needed lots of work, mostly on the inside.

 

Here is a close-up of the back of the dash. The two metal pieces at the top had to be hand made (by me). The top piece is the mounting stud bracket and the bottom piece is the door stop that prevents the glove box door from falling into the glove box.


This close up shows the opener slide and the inside of the glove box. The flocking is sprayed onto a hardboard frame to give the feel and appearance of felt.


Here is the back side of the glove box door. You can see the repair to the wlanut veneer that I had to make.


Here is the interior of the car awaiting the dash.


This is a close up of the drivers side. Note the attachment of the steering column.


This is the passenger side. You can see the components that make up the heating system here. The small rectangular bracket with the hole in the middle at the top of the pic is the receiver for the stud bracket that I made.

 

Here is a picture of the engine compartment. Lots of things have been installed under here.

 

Bill. Put me on the list for a ride when it's done.

 

^It's a four passenger car Lainey. I can take you and Rick at the same time.

 

I only have one thing to say Bill - KNAPP VINEYARDS Sporting Roadster Tour!

You need to plan now to come up to Watkins Glen come 9/5/08.

My web page is being updated for '08 now, but here is a look at the '07 page
http://www.grandprixfestival.com/roadster.html

And here are a few pics form the event
http://www.pbase.com/jhting/090707_sporting_roadster

 

Duh!

We'll buy the ice cream. Want to try that cake batter stuff?

 

Nice event. The Healeys seem unrepresented!!!

 

Thanks!
I had about 5 of them this year. With 130 cars and a very busy schedule it's hard to do enough pics to do justice to the variety of toys.
Yours is looking really wonderful.

 

The restoration looks great!