Hi All , Ive been working on rounding the cockit edges on my car. Ive pretty much done the front cowl. Thanks to Les for a bit of advice on how to go about it.
Basically I set my Dash in place, and spaced out a few mm further then the final position to allow for upholstery (I welded in different mounts to standard). I bonded some polyurethane foam in under the cowl to get close to the thickness I wanted, and sanded back to shape. I routed a little lip into the existing cowl so that I had something to glass onto, and then glassed around and back to the dash. Took the dash out and glassed the back edge of the rounded section as well so its hopefully its relatively strong and wont fall out the first bump I go over. Im using body filler now to finish off the curve with a piece of conduit the right ID to shape.
I also put my gauges in on the weekend. Ive decided to flip the barina switches around, and remove the wiper controls and put them on the dash(As Im going through a "period correct" phase at present
). This will eliminate any clearance issues with the indicator\door. The main headlight switch will also be on the dash, with the dip and flash switching still on the indicator stalk. I machined up a slim line stalk to go over the existing one. Im going to have a crack at making up a less chunky cowl to cover the column, especially as I was able to cut away a good section of the plastic bit on the wiper side - and hopefilly give a little easier access to the ignition.
Cheers