Found a better switch plate this morning and started repairing it.
There were two holes in the lower switch area where a strange looking thing was screwed into place, possibly a piezo buzzer?
After exposing clean metal, I silver soldered the two holes as best I could. One came up OK but the other one was drilled right through the "ON" script, and I did best I could but didn't get the writing rebuilt properly.
Once painted and attached, it doesnt look too obvious, but still catches my eye anyway.
Switches are yet to be purchased. As per previous posting, I hope to be obtaining a set of correct ones...........any day now.......maybe.
Is this hole original? All of my dashs have this same hole, in the same place, BUT the hole is not neat like all the others. It is quite jaggedy and does not look professional, though all these holes appear to have the aux power plug socket.
It was initially disappointing that I couldn't repair the enlarged hole in the smaller switch plate. This may actually be a bit of a blessing in disguise, because I did want to have a keyed ignition barrel so I could disable easily and better. Ironically, the 'buggered up' hole had an ignition key barrel in place. No key of course, and no wiring terminals. The plate says "IGNITION" & "ON" already, so it saves me the work of drilling I guess.
I'm kidding, I could never drill through a good switch plate!
Are the data plates that attach to the top of dashboard meant to be aluminium finish or painted color of the dash????
P.S: The shiny screws on the small switch plate are only temporary.
Now to troll ebay for an ignition barrel (and key).