I am planning on making a start on my scuttle tomorrow. I have an MK fibreglass affair. I'm planning to make a template out of stiff card then do the dial mounting face in aluminuim. Nut sure how to fasten the whole assy to the chassis though? was going to rivet it down...

Any advise welcome, ta

I used some short coach bolts to screw it into holes drilled into the chassis through the glassfibre scuttle.
Seems to work fine- the coach bolts have pretty course thread so a fair bit of grip.... Making a cardboard template for the dash is a good idea- I think I had to make two or three in the end- but then I wanted a constant gap between the edge of the dash and the scuttle edge... stuff like that's always trial and error...

I reinforced mine with aluminium strips bonded to the inside of the scuttle fixing flanges. I then bolted through these strips (and the flanges) into rivnuts set in the top chassis rails. All of my electrics fuses and relays are under the scuttle, so I made my scuttle/dash as an assembly that can be easily removed as a single unit.
Personally I wouldn't rivet it to the chassis as it will be a real pain to remove it again if you need access to anything.

David

Rivnuts and screws with hard rubber strip to spread the load a bit, def a good idea to be removable
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Did mine in a similar way as ReMan. You can easily remove it if you plan ahead by putting plugs on you dash wiring.
Steve.

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I used rivnuts and large washers to spread the load. Be careful where you drill the holes in the scuttle & chassis.
On mine the scuttle needed to be pulled in quite a bit to line up.

I ended up having to open up the holes I drilled in the scuttle to pull it in line with the side panels

Stu

Hi,

just on with that now.

i have a MK scuttle and used 2 rivnuts each side with bolts and washers

it tool 2 people to line the scuttle up with the edge of the chassis well.

i put some paint on the bolt heads and then lined it up and pressed down so the holes were drilled correctly without having to file it a lot.

you will find the scuttle will be on and off like a prom dress when lineing up the steering column etc..

attached is a MK being built, that how they have lined it up.

Clarky

Hi,

Im just on with that now.

I have a MK scuttle and have used 2 rivnuts each side with bolts and washers.

It took 2 people to line it up neatly and then I put some paint on the bolt heads and placed the scuttle on it an could then drill the holes in the correct place with out filing the scuttle.

You will find the scuttle will be on and off like a prom dress during the course of the build.

Heres how MK have lined it up on one of their cars.


Clarky
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remember to leave a little overlap for the side panels