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i thought i just put some photos of the dash i have got to get some new hinges for the glove box thats why its not fitted yet and i have got to get the glass part for the radio,and there is another bit of trim to put on the bottom of the dash i will try and put some photos of the car next week it is coming on slowly i have most of the parts now so may be don by the end of the year.

that did not work not that good at pics

If you email me the picture I'll post them for you Brian. Would be nice to see the dash.

here are the photos of the dash glove box not fitted yet as waiting for new hinges

Very nice!

The car is coming on now not far off getting the body in primer have got 95% of all the parts ive done the 190 gearbox Simon Naylor is doing the engine for me just got to build it up when i get it back, as you can see the dash is done they are all new old stock Speedwell dials apart from the speedo which has been refurbed i have microcell seats that the trimmer is doing for me and also have a set of original Speedwell wheels for it cheers Bri.

Very nice Brian, can't wait to see the car

Looks very special

Lovely job on the dash Brian

They are all new old stock gauges....Brian as you know I restored all of the speedwell gauges as well as the speedo. The gauges were put in the Speedwell display you had and I now have because all of them were faulty. Not bad for a descendant of convicts out in Van Demin Land

Very nice job Rodger!

Thank you Roger they do look good in the dash will put some photos of the car when it is sprayed also i have a set of speedwell wheels as well and original badges, i forgot you was on the forum cheers Brian.

My pleasure Brian. You guys know I love my speedwell
Will post my collection in another thread soon to further my knowledge on how many individual gauges and manufacturers Speedwell had. Maybe Vegard almond green and Nick Rogers can join in

Impressive !!! I take it that's the Hampers Lane ,Storr Hooper I saw in 99...? I didn't get to see the dash tho as it was stored in the corner of the Barn with 2 others ...the green one yes ???... was that dash on it at the time ??.. gotta hand it to u Bri u are bringing back to life quite a few cars since we chatted at Worthing at the WSMOC bash in 2004 was it ????...when u bought yr mk 1 ... that was a beaut to.. rgds Foxy52

Hi Dennis yes that is the car stored away in the corner of a barn maybe twenty five years,the dash was in the car i just had it refurbished and has come out very well hope to get it to Beaulieu next year and put it on the coach built stand thats if iam allowed

BRI MK1 wrote:Hi Dennis yes that is the car stored away in the corner of a barn maybe twenty five years,the dash was in the car i just had it refurbished and has come out very well hope to get it to Beaulieu next year and put it on the coach built stand thats if iam allowed

..amazing to think that it musta been 99 I think when I last saw it along with the 2 others and of course the 2 970s types he never wanted to sell..so that was 16 years ago if my memory serves me .. I was only told about his stash by a mutual customer while talking minis.. I reckon when u have sorted the Hooper it well may be one of the best examples of a 60,s Cooper in existence.. in terms of pedigree and rarity of type... if only I had of been able to convince the ol giffer of flogging that stash back in the day !!!???......u musta made him an offer he couldn't understand ??!! lol... foxy52 Dennis...

Thank you Dennis i think the Hooper could be a bit special as there could not have been that many made the only ones i know or are the two Peter Sellers cars but they were both 997 coopers i was told they did a hatch back but never seen that unless anybody knows of any more,i did bring this subject up before but no one come back with any answers.also it took me about five years of talking on the phone to the guy i bought all my cars from and all the parts there was quite a few cars and loads of parts it took me nearly a year to collect it all cheers Bri.

Here you go Brian, a couple of photos of your car in the summer of '76. Tony (2nd owner) and I (4th owner) took it on a camping/road trip around northern France. A few adventures on the way (we recovered the exhaust system and re-installed it on the roadside) and it ran a bit warm, hence the grille being removed.





As you already know, it was my first car and to a university student kinda just another 13 year old Mini in '76 - I certainly did not fully appreciate the rarity of its 1071/Hooper spec at the time.

Hey, ho - how times change! Can't wait to see it when it's finished.

Peter

Thank you Peter nice old photos have you any under bonnet photos cheers Bri.