Finding the right gauges for the Le Mans Mini Marcos wasn't all too easy. I had just one photograph of the car's dashboard which dates back to 1975. This meant that things may have been changed up until then (as went for the steering wheel), but I decided it was the one to work from since there was nothing else to prove anything different. I received lots of help when I asked around what these gauges were exactly, with lots of people kindly providing possible answers. Eventually it was a matter of elimination and then they could all be named and so a proper search could be started. The Smiths gauges were fairly easy to find, although I did find out there are lots of small differences even there. The Veglia-Borletti rev counter proved to be quite a lot more difficult, and the same goes for the Jaeger oil temperature gauge, which I still do not have. Do contact me if you know of one!
The only picture I have of the car's dashboard was kindly provided to me by Michel Tasset. It dates back to 1975, when he owned it. The steering wheel here is not the one originally fitted to the car
Picture courtesy Michel Tasset
The same picture, now with the gauges numbered in able to identify them correctly (thanks to many!)
1. Smiths Mini Cooper 'S' speedometer in km/h
2. Smiths water temperature gauge
3. Veglia-Borletti rev counter
4. Smiths oil pressure gauge
5. Smiths fuel gauge
6. Jaeger oil temperature gauge
Picture courtesy Michel Tasset
Except for the number 6, I have all the correct gauges now. They are all restored and recalibrated, too.
The Veglia-Borletti rev counter proved to be very difficult to find, but eventually I got one from the US
Picture Jeroen Booij
When the rev counter arrived it unfortunately turned out to be broken. But I found a specialist who managed to restore it with a new print plate of his own design
Picture Jeroen Booij
The only one needed now is a Jaeger oil temperature gauge exactly like the one seen here
Picture source Leboncoin
Jaeger gauges were fitted to a number a French sports cars, but they were sold separately also, as proves this advertisement which dates back to 1965
Picture source Leboncoin