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Bill KMember ID: Kernel-K
Status: Gold Member  Hamburg, NY, USA 
Last Login: 2026-04-18 13:09
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Custom Dashboard 1977 MGB In Progress Photos
Posted on: Sunday April 8, 2018
Lessons Learned: If you have a welder just weld in some blanking plates of sheet steel. I used what I had on hand - rivets, epoxy, and aluminum 1/8th inch thick sheet. Lucas toggle switches had barely enough depth in the mounting thread to clear the thickness of my blanking plates. Plain sheet steel would not have been a problem. Fiberglass impregnated 3M bondo worked great at filling gaps, seams, leveling out the dash panel and building up the tapered top for a smooth surface. The...
Custom Dashboard DONE ! 1977 MGB
Posted on: Sunday April 1, 2018
A few pics of my completed winter project...the resto-mod dashboard. Completely reversible as it is based on a salvaged dashboard I stripped and modified. Loosely based on early MGB / Jag XKSS / AC Cobra styles. Air Vents: Swapped rectangular air vents (f-ugly) for vintage round vents. New hoses and defroster tube connections to air box like early MGB. Hazard Switch: Relocated to blank hole in steering column (by ignition). Panel Switches: Headlights, driving lights, panel...
Rubber Bumper Conversion Patch Panel Photos 3
Posted on: Saturday September 16, 2017
Third batch of photos
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