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Just a silly suggestion for you, but in the right hands might be of interest. </div>
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That omitted dash light rheostat knob might make a neat pull knob for your emergency hood release, and save the original appearance. </div>
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Sloane :)</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> 6pack <6pack-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Lee Daniels via 6pack <6pack@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 12, 2019 10:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Richard Lindsay <richardolindsay@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> TR6 <6pack@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [6pack] Anticipation</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Nice update, Rick. Thanks!<br>
Regarding "Why did he go to all that trouble when new, beautiful dashboards<br>
are available?" - I agree with you - part of the joy is in the doing.<br>
I did a similar re-boot of a Spitfire dash, but nearly 30 years ago.<br>
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> but it does complement the beige upholstery. The über clever ones among you<br>
> may notice that I did not cut the hole for the dash light rheostat! It is to<br>
> be omitted. The instruments are going back in with non-dimmable LED lamps. And<br>
> speaking of instruments...<br>
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> The gauges and lamps came apart for cleaning, testing and refinishing.<br>
> They were a mess, as anticipated, but no repairs were needed.<br>
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> <a href="http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190113_111736.jpg">http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190113_111736.jpg</a><br>
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> The black trim on most of the chrome bezels was damaged. I stripped it<br>
> off, cleaned the chrome and reassembled a couple of the gauges. They just<br>
> didn't look right so back apart they came. I primered then sprayed all the<br>
> bezels with satin black and that did the trick, especially against the lighter<br>
> wood dash. Here's how they look, awaiting reassembly.<br>
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> <a href="http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190113_125147.jpg">http://aubard.us/75_Triumph/20190113_125147.jpg</a><br>
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> New knobs and switches are in hand. The wiper switch had died, as had<br>
> the headlight master switch. The warning light bezels cleaned up okay so they<br>
> will (probably) be reused.<br>
><br>
> That's it for now. If interested, I'll share engine, wheels, brakes,<br>
> suspension, etc., restoration stories. Until then, I hope you enjoyed the post<br>
> as much as I enjoyed reliving it.<br>
><br>
> Rick<br>
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