Hi Folk, I'm new to the forum and I restoring a 1988 Mini 1000 from shell. I have a problem fitting the padded top vinyl rail to the bulkhead top rail. The problem is that the vinyl has 3 bolts one in the centre and one at each end, but the bulkhead has only 2 holes one at each end and where the centre hole should be is the cut out for the ashtray. Any ideas as to how we do this?
Thanks folks.
Hi Tony, welcome to the forum.
Does it seem like it will fit into place with just the two bolts holding it? If the 3rd (middle) has nowhere to mount, maybe could you use 3M 2 sided tape to hold it down?
If the top rail has the cutout for the ashtray to drop in from the top, the it is the kind of top rail that usually does not have any padding?
Either that, or maybe the center bolt of the pad is supposed to go through a plate that bridges the ashtray cutout from underneath?
I would have thought by 1988, they would have stopped putting in the ashtray cutout from the top as the padded dashes have their ashtray coming out the front of the pad.