NOS Smiths gauges: Bugeye?

[tosoutherncars]

Hi all,

I bought these in a group of parts some time ago; the gentleman thought that they were from a failed bugeye resto.

They're brand new, Smiths 100 mph speedo and multifunction gauge. Can anyone tell me what they may have come from? The number on the back is Smiths 31-865-165-1.

Thanks in advance,
Duncan

 

[DrEntropy]

Much newer than frogeye units. Later Mini, p'raps?

 

[dklawson]

It could be "mid production" Mini. The late model classic Minis had three-gauge clusters that included a tach. The dash for the Clubman up through sometime in the 1980s had two gauges. I only found this low res sketch of a Clubman dash for comparison.
https://www.bretts.com.au/~con/mini/techdiagram/dash_clm.jpg

This is a (large) picture of a later 2-gauge panel.
https://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=19640

 

[DrEntropy]

That Clubman appears to be it, Doug.

BTW: the link to the mini forum may have got us th' boot... "Disabled" now. Yikes!

 

[dklawson]

"Disabled"? Hmmm, it may be protected and only accessible to members who use that forum. I still have access to it so I copied it to a file location of mine. Take a look at a resized copy of the Clubman gauges at:
https://home.mindspring.com/~dklawson/minipics/Clubman2-Clock.jpg

EDIT: Don't let the minor differences in your pictures and the Clubman worry you. It's quite likely that the gauges changed over the years.