Vitesse dashboard mounting plates

[Don R]

I’ve just put my dashboard and surround(much papier-mâché) back in.  However, I didn’t take enough photos and I have two brackets left over, and I really can’t work out where they go.  At the moment the surround attaches to the bulkhead at the top and the rail at the bottom, and the dash screws into the surround.  I cannot see where the plates would fit.  Can anyone help? Thanks!

[Colin Lindsay]

Vitesse Mk1?

I've got a couple of plates of the brackets on some of our dashboards:

If it's part 33 to the left on the top, it screws to the bulkhead then to the lower rail. I don't think the Vitesse had the huge strengthening plate of the earlier Heralds - part 46 in the lower photo. If these don't help, let us know exactly which brackets and we'll oblige.

 

[Don R]

It’s part 33!  I couldn’t find the old holes in the bulkhead but given the amount of new metal and paint they may well have disappeared. Thanks for the clarification- I will investigate further....!

[PeteH]

The Part 33 mounting holes you are looking for are about 17 to 17/12 inches from the LH bulkhead. Pic`s

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Ignore the RH Bracketing, Its modified to accommodate the PAS conversion.

Pete

[Don R]

Thanks Pete, that great- I’ll put it back tomorrow