This is an example entry showing how posts look. It will be replaced with real updates from the garage.
Dash out: new veneer, clean gauges — and a hidden USB feed
The wooden dashboard comes out for restoration, and quietly gains a little of the 21st century on the way back in.
The TR6’s wooden dash is one of its best features, and this one has had a hard life in the sun — faded, cracked, veneer lifting at the edges.
Getting it out is a masterclass in 1970s ergonomics (that is: lying upside-down in the footwell holding a spanner you can’t see). Every gauge, switch and bulb came out with it, all labelled and photographed.
While it’s apart, the modern touch: a discreet USB-C outlet fed from a fused, relay-switched supply, tucked out of sight below the dash. Phone navigation without a cigarette-lighter adapter dangling in a restored interior.