Custom Cardboard Dash | LS3 Swapped Defender

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Custom Cardboard Dash | LS3 Swapped Defender

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Today we start designing our custom dashboard. We want to fit a much more modern HVAC box in place. Something that has a heater core and evaporator in one unit with all the controls.
We take a look at two different options, a Vintage Air G2 Mini and an Old Air Hurricane. Then we use the laser to start mocking up our new dash.
This cnc laser has been invaluable on the projects around here lately, we are able to accurately make some prototype parts and send them off to get cut after dialing them in. So with a pile of cardboard we started on the new dash. Hoping to stay in line with the correct look while having the correct amount of room.
Let me know what you guys think.
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@Okierover 10 ай бұрын

That's pretty cool. Well done. Mock-up is essential.

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Hopefully it all works out! Haha.

@graemelliott3942 10 ай бұрын

Very cool Dash! Now I understand why the last Defenders made have a huge center section. Put large radius on all the corners. They will match the ones on the exterior sheet metal. Also large circular A/C vents kind of like JK Jeeps

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, yeah they had to do something to make the modern stuff work in there I guess haha. I think the radius would add a nice touch.

@lukemarsden1683 10 ай бұрын

Loving this Joe, Looking forward to seeing more porgress on the LS3 as a whole

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate that, this one has been a fun truck to play with. Excited to keep progressing on it.

@robpeabo509 10 ай бұрын

Looks good Joe. It fits the Defender theme.

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Hopefully it all comes together, in my head it should work haha.

@robpeabo509 10 ай бұрын

@@LostCauseRanch now now, we have talked about what’s in our heads and what our hands make🤣🤣. Good thing about you Joe is that you actually deliver!

@Bosch1300 10 ай бұрын

Dude, you forgot to make room for the licorice dispenser. Now it has to go on ceiling. Nice work looks really good

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Dammit, I knew I forgot something. Haha.

@Austskiboy 10 ай бұрын

The high spec disco 2 in Japan had a rear air con unit where the ducky seats go. I used one of these units behind the passenger seat with duct up over door and across top of window. Just an alt suggestion.

@iadubber 9 ай бұрын

Very cool seeing the process Joe!

@LostCauseRanch 9 ай бұрын

It’s kind of a fun process doing it this way.

@jonarnejorgensen1179 10 ай бұрын

The dash will be just great, i think. :)

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate the feedback, trying to keep it in line with the Defender image.

@gerhardbotha7336 4 ай бұрын

I ripped out my factory AC knee-cooler POS once my Defender came out of warranty 19 years ago. I fitted a unit in the roof at the back and ran the AC hoses there. 1000% better and the dash “plank” remained clear so I could fit a 2DIN Android unit for sound and satnav. Made a unit to house speakers and AC unit at the back just above the door. Mine is a 110 CSW TD5. Now , 400 000km later starting to do a complete rebuild. Going stage 3 hybrid turbo , new interior, all seals etc, rebuilding engine ( nothing wrong atm, just now is the time), and I have a plan to make the windscreen fold down so I can do photography in our game parks a bit easier. I’ll keep the AC layout as described

@rydog17 10 ай бұрын

Ministry of defender dash and vintage air is your answer

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

I’m personally not one for the Puma dash in this era Defender. Nothing wrong with it, just not my preference. So hopefully this is a decent compromise.

@hammyh1165 10 ай бұрын

There's a guy in South Africa does metal Defender dashes, they look good , yours will look awesome too

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

I’ll have to check that out. I’m thinking it will come around fine and look the part when it’s all said and done.

@davidbrodie5044 10 ай бұрын

Liked that dash layout! Maybe you should market it!!

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

You never know haha. We will see how it turns out in the end. Hopefully it all comes together.

@greenlabelseries 10 ай бұрын

This is sweet brothe!

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate that! Thanks for following along.

@jamesgibb9737 10 ай бұрын

It looks great!

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate that!

@pgtips6143 10 ай бұрын

Wow loving the new Arts and Craft cardboard dashboard, just think how much safer in a crash it would be, you just might be onto something here lol 😂 Really like how it’s coming together, perhaps a little more shaved off the corners of the centre pod might help with the overall aesthetics 🤔 Great to see the Eco Disco back up and running, was concerned she would be spending the winter in the Wood. 🤣 Keep up the great work.😎👍

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Definitely have a good crush factor haha. Yea I think the center stack will be streamlined quite a bit more. Just going to wait for the actual mock up hvac box to play with it some more. There was a chance that the ECO would hibernate there haha.

@robertmckay694 10 ай бұрын

Energy absorbing!

@julianenglar 10 ай бұрын

Looks like an LR3/4 in the middle! really cool way of bringing ideas to reality

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

It does kind of have that feel. Just going to try and make sure it appears period correct.

@douggriffith8435 10 ай бұрын

Great job. I think it will be a good looking unit and sticks to the Land Rover image

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad to hear. Sometimes I get wrapped in my own head from staring at the same thing for a while so it's good to get some input from fresh eyes.

@douggriffith8435 10 ай бұрын

That’s a good thing. Nobody knows the rovers like you. Just stay the course

@Colinpark 10 ай бұрын

Good idea with the cardboard, pattern makers were craftsman that developed ideas from paper to 3D before CAD machines.

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Technology can definitely make life a little easier (sometimes).

@Austskiboy 10 ай бұрын

I mounted the d2 rear unit behind the passenger seat

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

That is a good idea, resourceful.

@markbielawski 10 ай бұрын

Very cool! I think mocking up with cardboard is the way to go. I do wonder about those outer vents, though. With the dash as tall as you have mocked up, those vents will end up hidden from the inside view. Is that the intention? Also, I would suggest bolting down the trans and 4x4 shifters to re-evaluate your CAD. That center stack seems to be a bit low, at least on the video.

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

The outer vent ductwork should be able to be ran through the lower part of the dash. In my head at least. It will be tight and I think I’ll have a fair amount of room to go up with the bottom of the center stack. Just going to wait for the lock up box before re working that.

@graham-martin5847 10 ай бұрын

look at a defender tdci dash i have one in my early 300 tdi and they look good just for ref ,you can also make a box that goes under the hood with the heater matrix and cooler matrix mounted inside it .

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

That’s kind of what I was going after to some extent, glad it translates. I’d like to keep it out of the engine bay if possible, but that is what may end up happening if i can’t get it cleanly done inside.

@roverdogs_keithwhelchel 10 ай бұрын

Dash looks good, And like mentioned how much can be passed through the bulkhead? Cardboard is the way to go to se what it will look like 🙂 But the mock up unit will help decide too. And 61 deg here at 3pm lol

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

I’m hoping to just have the lines pass through but we will see. 60ish is about what we are getting the the afternoon here. But man is I could at night in the morning.

@adolfallesch7648 10 ай бұрын

Fyi. VINTAGE Aire Mini will easily fit the space. I converted my dash to a Puma and the Mini just fits behind the flat area with room for a headless double din stereo.

@LostCauseRanch 10 ай бұрын

Good to know, I think this will end up being a touch slimmer than the Puma or at least that is the goal. But it is nice to know we have that room. Thanks for the info!