If your +8 is 1981 then I presume that your original Dashboard style would be the same lower Dashboard shown in the first picture. That being the case if you want to raise the position of the minor clocks you will be limited to the height by the Scuttle Frame. As you can see by the upper Dashboard in the first picture the two minor clocks at the top the Dashboard have been positioned as high as I felt safe to do so due to the fact the I have had to cut scallops into the Scuttle frame to accept the clock bodies, any further and I think the strength of the structure would have been compromised
