I wonder when that third hole closer to the centre came into being? Below shows part of the Mini Cooper dash panel drawing (HYA2119). You can see the heater brackets and there's only the two holes. The last update to it was Sept 1964.

I'll do some research to see when the extra hole appeared. May be something needed for the automatic power plant?

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

Yes that's the hole and the thing that confuses me is the original Westminster carpet and felt had holes for a cable to pass through and these were still in the car and were punched and clean and did not look like an afterthought plus only one of the three holes were open with the other 2 sealed?
It would appear that this may have been done at some stage during its life or else it was done differently from the factory for some reason. Unfortunately we'll never know as the car was partially disassembled when I got it. I'll probably leave it as is as it does fit nicely and it can be one of those "talking points" if it's ever noticed
Cheers
Rod

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1967 New British Racing Green Mk1 Cooper S, 1967 Lake Green 1275 MG Midget, 1969 Jet Red / Crystal White Mk2 Cooper S, 1972 Gambier Turquoise Clubman GT (ex police), 1972 Camino Gold Clubman GT, 2009 JCW Challenge Edition, Megane RS265, Clio RS220.

Had a new inner and outer cable attached to the original end bits. Pretty happy with the result. Flexible Drive (previously Cable Mate) made it about a metre long so I can fit then cut to the best length.