1800 Glove box

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Does anyone have dimensions, photos or a spare glove box for an 1800/1800S?

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Sorry, no original, the dashboard had been replaced without one before I bought the car.

I thought I'd seen somewhere that they were glass fiber!

I was considering making one from sheet steel riveted together and lined with felt or similar.

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Steve, Andrew

Thanks for the information.

I think I might go down the Millboard route, but now I have two more questions,
1) is the rear face of the box parallel to the front?
2) how deep is it front to back?

A sketch of the developed Millboard would be an asset.

The rest of the dimensions I'll make to suit the aperture in the dash board.

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Hi Steve

It's the flat plywood version. I'm sure I took a tracing of yours several years ago and have only just got around to building a new one, something to do in lockdown!

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Does anyone have experience of using Millboard, for example can it be bent through 90°, at 2.3mm thickness I would assume it would need to to be heavily scored before bending?

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Thanks Steve,

By the looks of it your glove box is made from card about 1.5mm thick, I can see that scoring the card would work well, but the material Andrew suggested (Millboard) is 2.4mm thick
I'm worried that it would be difficult to get the scoring deep enough without going too deep.
Folding inwards may be achievable but folding outwards around the edges may be a bit unsightly.
Maybe someone out there has some experience in folding Millboard?

Kit

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Steve

Looking at your photos again, is that a plywood alternative glove box in the background?