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im going digital eventually gonna make my own dash moulding and knock a few up see if anybody is interested in them
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Its a lot of work making up a mould. Not so bad if your a joiner though as you could make a plug out of wood.

I want to make a more sculptured dash to suit the digidash one day. One of the jobs on the backburner, along with a new stiffer 'frameless' door frame I am designing to suit the Coupe. Will need to make new glass for that though too.
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The custom bonnets I made took a month. I can run a few off now though as I made a mould for all the bits.
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im gonna make a wooden plug it will be easier than forming stairs for the concrete pours i was also thinking of going down the mini route and going flat with smiths clocks i will be back on tomoz need a bath
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Would look nice with a bit of carbon.....
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manifold wrote:Its good in one respect, because it was a really pretty dash for a kit car back then.

But bad in another, because it never really worked as it should. Lots of little bodges to make it work. Other owners may input here on this one. I think Geoff, Hans and Johnny also have the Rover 200 dash.

....Hence the reason I went digital....as it was easier than messing about with a half baked dash.
Yes I have one and it works great. I think the only problem was to get the fuel gauge working. On mine it works perfectly, probably due to a resistor soldered between 2 wires.
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mine seems to work fine but not really driven it is carbon fibre easy to work not sure how to use it otherwise i would consider using bare weave it would look great
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david have you got alistair courtney's phone number
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b1zbaz wrote:david have you got alistair courtney's phone number
have you tried the one on his home page http://www.midascars.co.uk/
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Yes I would use the number on the site.

Just get a sheet of carbon if your going for a flat dash. Grind it down to size like GRP.
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