Dashboard

As part of the restoration of the car I decided to convert JSK to right hand drive. There’s an argument about originality and ease of resale (more potential buyers in Europe) but to be honest, I’m not looking to sell the car any time soon and I would prefer the wheel to be on the “correct” side for the UK. One of the biggest issues for a RHD conversion is finding a decent metal dashboard. After all, it was just over 10% of cars that were RHD and most of them have now been scrapped. So finding a RHD original dash in good condition is something of a rarity. Fortunately, a kindly TR Register member took pity on me an supplied all of the parts needed to convert JSK to RHD for a mere £250. All the parts were in remarkably good condition so for the dashboard it was a simple matter of sanding, priming and painting to protect it from rust, prior to wrapping in vinyl.