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tin bashing a works dash

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just though id post a few pics of my late night tin bashing

Cut out the alloy blanks for dash panel and fuse holder
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cut the holes and folded the edges
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Crackle black

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And with all the instruments in

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bit of wiring to do
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Took about 3 hours in total including putting the instruments in

pretty pleased with the results
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pad4 wrote:
Took about 3 hours in total including putting the instruments in

pretty pleased with the results
Thats nice 8-)


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Very nice, looks good.
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Post by guru_1071 »

not too shabby!

i normally find that the crackeling is either passible or terrible, i normally get mark to do mine, he has the 'magic touch' :lol:
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Hi Paul
Is this last minute work for the car that you are bringing up here for the Northumberland?

Nice work :!:
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That looks great :)

I got mine off slowboy but havent seen him to show him how it looks
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