Classic Mini Restoration Episode 28 - Cleaning The Speedometer (Smiths Instruments)

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Classic Mini Restoration Episode 28 - Cleaning The Speedometer (Smiths Instruments)
It's time to make a start getting everything ready for when the shell and the engine come back. This episode I take a quick look at the original speedo and give it a new lease of life.
Thanks for watching and a special thank you to my Patrons David Shrive, Charles France, Mad Hamish, Chris Gilboy, Barbara Joseph, Ryan Davies and all of my other Patrons.
Lee A Baker
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@LoneStarMini 2 жыл бұрын

Well done!! Hopefully it works as good as it looks…. Love your attention to detail

@SmugwoodMini 2 жыл бұрын

I'll be giving it a bench test soon and will have my fingers crossed :-)

@karlgt9989 2 жыл бұрын

It is amazing how easy these old parts come apart and you can see why we had issues in the past of car clocking...good effort on the clean up, there are also sticker kits available if you fancied changing the background colours on any of the clocks. I would also recommend upgrading the dash bulbs to LEDs, there are kits on ebay for that too.

@SmugwoodMini 2 жыл бұрын

I shall look into it, thanks :-) The chances are I'll end up leaving it, just to keep things less complicated...but it'll be good knowing there are options available if im feeling brave :-)

@jacobdrummond3013 2 жыл бұрын

Love the old Smiths clocks - something really appealing about that simplistic, stylish design that makes them timeless. Such a shame we can't manufacture things of that lasting quality any more.

@SmugwoodMini 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. The fact that some of these things are going strong 40, 50, 60+ years on goes to show how well made they were :-)

@GTE_Channel 2 жыл бұрын

I have one in my garage, just to look at, it's just art.

@SmugwoodMini 2 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean :-)

@ClassicMiniProjectsUSA 2 жыл бұрын

Good job on clean up!

@SmugwoodMini 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊 It’s not often I take things apart and manage to put them back together so this is a bonus for me 😂👍

@lovethymini1026 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos Lee. I've just done this to mine but mine was in a bad way. Rebecca

@SmugwoodMini 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rebecca. And hope you got it all sorted 👍

@RobinTheMini 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo

@SmugwoodMini 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’m honestly surprised it cleaned up as well as it did. I think there’s a certain degree of satisfaction too from saving parts that may otherwise have been disposed of 😊

@RobinTheMini 2 жыл бұрын

@@SmugwoodMini absolutely!