Dash Pics

[heightswitch]

Can anyone post a Vixen dash pic showing the dash attatchment to dash top and also the bracketry which allows fixing to the front bulkhead.

Cheers
N.

[pete.reeve]

Just took the dash out there was two screws/bolts under the screen which I had to drill out and one each side where the door shuts/A-posts no pic's because it's not going back in hope this helps.

Me

[heightswitch]

its a start.
Cheers pete.
N.

[thegamekeeper]

heightswitch said:

Can anyone post a Vixen dash pic showing the dash attatchment to dash top and also the bracketry which allows fixing to the front bulkhead.

Cheers
N.

not a great photo, possibly too much Armourall and been too busy to teal oil the table.



Another view in the other recent dashboard thread

[heightswitch]

thegamekeeper said:

not a great photo, possibly too much Armourall and been too busy to teal oil the table.

So literally bolt the dash top to the bulkhead then bolt the dash to the dash top...
it came to bits a long while ago.

N.

[davegt6]

Hi Neil,

Yes you've about got it. There should be a basic 90 degree bracket in the centre of the dash top - just visible in The Gamekeeper's pic which bolts through the bulkhead with 2 bolts. Then the two ends are screwed into the body at the edges. The dash itself then attaches to the flange on the dash top. Quite how that was supposed to hold together longer than a few minutes I don't know but that's TVR hand built quality for you.

[davegt6]

If you are using Teal Oil on your garden furniture I'll report you to the RSPB!

[heightswitch]

davegt6 said:

Hi Neil,

Yes you've about got it. There should be a basic 90 degree bracket in the centre of the dash top - just visible in The Gamekeeper's pic which bolts through the bulkhead with 2 bolts. Then the two ends are screwed into the body at the edges. The dash itself then attaches to the flange on the dash top. Quite how that was supposed to hold together longer than a few minutes I don't know but that's TVR hand built quality for you.

Spot on.
N.

[ephemera]

I decided to rip apart my car in order to answer Neil's question. Don't know if it is of any help, but this is my dash top bracket.

[ephemera]

[heightswitch]

Those pics are spot on.
I have to knock up a new dash blank since the existing is patinated with 35 years of Bolton Back yard. Dash top surprisingly is in reasonable condition.

Thanks. They are a big help.
N.

[Pat H]

The starting point is to get the crash pad into the shell.

This is held in place at three points.

There is a stud at each end of the crash pad which bolts through a hole in each door jamb.

And there is a folded aluminium bracket which is rivetted onto the crash pad and is bolted onto the bulkhead right where the bonnet shuts.

Here's the underside of the crash pad showing the folded bracket.



Here is is from the top.



And you can see the two holes right in the shut line of the bonnet, over the heater aperture.



Here it is loosely in place from the inside.



Here's the stud in the o/s corner of the crash pad from the back.



And from the front.



This isn't very clear, but I have circled the hole in the door jamb. It is tucked under the door seal.



Here it is from further back.



The dash panel itself is attached to the top of the transmission tunnel with a couple of L shaped brackets. I think the dash just screws to the crash pad with self tappers, but I will check next time I'm sober.

[Astacus]

Interesting; mine seems to have been bonded onto the front bulkhead (S1). It still has the right angle brackets on the tunnel though.

[heightswitch]

Pat H said:

The starting point is to get the crash pad into the shell.

This is held in place at three points.

There is a stud at each end of the crash pad which bolts through a hole in each door jamb.

And there is a folded aluminium bracket which is rivetted onto the crash pad and is bolted onto the bulkhead right where the bonnet shuts.

Here's the underside of the crash pad showing the folded bracket.



Here is is from the top.



And you can see the two holes right in the shut line of the bonnet, over the heater aperture.



Here it is loosely in place from the inside.



Here's the stud in the o/s corner of the crash pad from the back.



And from the front.



This isn't very clear, but I have circled the hole in the door jamb. It is tucked under the door seal.



Here it is from further back.



The dash panel itself is attached to the top of the transmission tunnel with a couple of L shaped brackets. I think the dash just screws to the crash pad with self tappers, but I will check next time I'm sober.

Excellent. I can Identify that your car also has the same Bolton area Patination pat
Hole identification is Handy. Dad AKA George the demon glasser has fibreglassed all the holes up
N.

Edited by heightswitch on Tuesday 15th October 07:23

[heightswitch]

Astacus said:

Interesting; mine seems to have been bonded onto the front bulkhead (S1). It still has the right angle brackets on the tunnel though.

Yep. S1 vixen dispenses with bracketry and was bonded to bulkhead in 3 places

[Astacus]

thanks Neil, thats exactly what mine seems to have. three stubs left on the bulkhead. strangely, none on the dash though!

[Hansoplast]

These pictures tells the whole story, so I can finish my dashboard.
Even the yellow colour is the same as my S3. However my body is completely bare, nearly ready for the new paint
Only thing left is sorting the heating/air installation out of the bits I have.
Thanx.
Hans