am i getting bigger or is the car getting smaller...

[charlie]

Hi everyone,

I've been reading this forum for over 2 years so I don't feel new, but it's taken me this long to get round to registering 

Anyway, I bought the beast a couple of years ago and ran it for a year and had great fun bombing around back-roads on the way to work.
The guy I bought it off was an ex-royal engineer, and had pretty much rebuilt it and resprayed it(he also had and might still have a 126 based factory built kit car, kind of looked a bit like a mini x1/9). But after a year on the road and sitting out in the rain, rust started to bubble through in the usual places and I found that the sill under the rear window had practically disintegrated (before it was resprayed, just not repaired)

I attempted some repairs but decided to take it off the road and put under a cover to await restoration. Well, a year later i've only made a new dash, but i'll have a garage to put it in soon so hopefully will be able to crack on with it.

So that's my story, nice to finaly write something!
/charlie

[Pete126]

Hi Charlie  (-* to the forum, all the body parts you need are available even the front scuttle [-/

[RSPSTEVE]

Hi ya
Any pics of the dash ?
Steve

[charlie]

I think i'll be needing a few body parts, is Axel Gerstl the best place? They seem fairly reasonably priced on there, don't know about shipping though.

Here's the dash:

I've made a plate for the hole above the head unit, which will have the air vent levers and a couple of toggle switches, just because i like toggle switches!
There is also a hole behind the material on the passenger side where the glovebox will be, need to make that out of sheet aluminium.

[Amateb8]

Hello! Welcome to the Forum. Your 126 looks excellent! Perhaps to finish off the lower dash modification is the addition of a clock and lockable glovebox. Did you fit one of those universal lighters?

[charlie]

Hi, thanks! I think a locking glovebox is probably a good call. I've got a Smiths clock from a mini, but I i'm thinking of replacing the instrument cluster so it would go there.

The lighter is universal one off ebay, there were three wires behind the dash, live, earth and illumination, so I got an illumiated one, nice to be able to see things in the dark!

[RSPSTEVE]

Loooking very good ,  [-/