custom center console violently ripped out of car Options

[98101]

Well, this sucks. "Secure parking" isn't. Welcome to Seattle. Turning the key does nothing -- I hope it's just the battery but I suspect he cut some wires I needed.

On the other hand, I still have a lot of gauges left.

[914werke]

Unknown whats going on with the dash frame until you remove the gauges.
If I were to guess it looks like the PO may have cut the face to allow fitment of the gauges but I could be wrong.
If so yes. you may be looking at removal & replacement of a dash frame which would makes sense to replace a cracked dash top prior to reinstall.

[98101]

Unknown whats going on with the dash frame until you remove the gauges.
If I were to guess it looks like the PO may have cut the face to allow fitment of the gauges but I could be wrong.
If so yes. you may be looking at removal & replacement of a dash frame which would makes sense to replace a cracked dash top prior to reinstall.

After another restless night, I'm leaning toward moving in a stock direction: putting the vent/heater controls back in the dash, using a stock repro console. Gauges or blank plate where the radio would have been. I don't see any way to do this without new dash metal... which suggests also replacing the cracked dash top... (and removing the windshield?)

On my list before the interior was installing a stainless steel fuel line, cuz who knows what shape that 1970 stuff is in now? I'm guessing this would be easier with tunnel access? I saw two videos about this, and one of them involved cutting up the interior again.

I'm undecided about the vinyl basketweave. I never liked so much plastic in the car. The classic dashboards I *really* like on convertibles have metal matching the exterior of the car. I've never seen this on a 914 though.

[jcambo7]

Unknown whats going on with the dash frame until you remove the gauges.
If I were to guess it looks like the PO may have cut the face to allow fitment of the gauges but I could be wrong.
If so yes. you may be looking at removal & replacement of a dash frame which would makes sense to replace a cracked dash top prior to reinstall.

After another restless night, I'm leaning toward moving in a stock direction: putting the vent/heater controls back in the dash, using a stock repro console. Gauges or blank plate where the radio would have been. I don't see any way to do this without new dash metal... which suggests also replacing the cracked dash top... (and removing the windshield?)

On my list before the interior was installing a stainless steel fuel line, cuz who knows what shape that 1970 stuff is in now? I'm guessing this would be easier with tunnel access? I saw two videos about this, and one of them involved cutting up the interior again.

I'm undecided about the vinyl basketweave. I never liked so much plastic in the car. The classic dashboards I *really* like on convertibles have metal matching the exterior of the car. I've never seen this on a 914 though.

The stainless steel lines shouldn't require major tearing of the interior for install. They're rather simple to do. Hardest part is getting them through the tunnels without catching anything and then installing the grommets on the front part of the tunnel.