'73 2.0, a yellow storage unit find Options

[arne]

Installed new dash face vinyl, dash top from 914rubber.com, reinstalled all gauges after testing each warning and instrument bulb. It's all back in, it all works, and with the new basket weave vinyl and dash top pad, it looks REALLY good.



I have a few non-914 things to do over the long weekend, but next items will be to recover and reinstall the glovebox, the recover the radio plate and install the radio. Will try to get the new windshield installed soon.

[horizontally-opposed]

Looks GREAT!!!

Kind of a strange request, but if you get a chance, can you take some close-ups of the dash pad and its material as seen in differing light cast across its skin? Been wondering how "correct" the pattern is, as my dash pad is gonna need to be replaced at some point.

No hurry at all.

[arne]

Will get the Nikon out tomorrow instead of the phone and take some shots of both new and original. Will be easier to shoot while the windshield is still out.

[arne]

Pete, give these a look. The camera is immaterial, to try to image this is all about light and reflections. Here's my best efforts. I tried to take shots from similar spots and angles on the two pads, as close as the lighting would allow..

FWIW, the grain is VERY close, perhaps indistinguishable to my eye.

Original Dash





New dash from 914rubber

[bigkensteele]

Looks GREAT!!!

Kind of a strange request, but if you get a chance, can you take some close-ups of the dash pad and its material as seen in differing light cast across its skin? Been wondering how "correct" the pattern is, as my dash pad is gonna need to be replaced at some point.

No hurry at all.

Pete, the 914rubber dash was molded from my NOS straight-out-of-the-box dash. The grain is exact.

[arne]

Today's work - glovebox and radio.

Actually started the car today, because it had been a while. I didn't want to energize everything while the gauges were all missing, but now that the main dash is all back together...

And if you look closely at these pictures, sharp eyes may notice a deviation from stock...

[euro911]

Continuous run of vinyl from the steering column to the glove box?

[arne]

Continuous run of vinyl from the steering column to the glove box?

No, the radio vinyl is separate, as normal, although I did try to cut to match the pattern closely. It does look continuous unless you look closely.

But that's not what I was thinking of.

[JRust]

I got it! No windshield wipers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

[horizontally-opposed]

Pete, give these a look. The camera is immaterial, to try to image this is all about light and reflections. Here's my best efforts. I tried to take shots from similar spots and angles on the two pads, as close as the lighting would allow..

FWIW, the grain is VERY close, perhaps indistinguishable to my eye.

Original Dash





New dash from 914rubber

Hey, thanks for these, Arne!

Looks very close, indeed. Looks like they did a good job on this dash pad...

[arne]

And if you look closely at these pictures, sharp eyes may notice a deviation from stock...

Here's a hint. Something is missing, and it was probably only there on certain years, not all cars.

[horizontally-opposed]

Seatbelt light delete. I dig. Always felt it was a bit VW 412.

[iankarr]

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did that on my 73. looks great!

[Mikey914]

Looks GREAT!!!

Kind of a strange request, but if you get a chance, can you take some close-ups of the dash pad and its material as seen in differing light cast across its skin? Been wondering how "correct" the pattern is, as my dash pad is gonna need to be replaced at some point.

No hurry at all.

Pete, the 914rubber dash was molded from my NOS straight-out-of-the-box dash. The grain is exact.

Yes, A big thanks to Ken. I could not have made this part without him. At least not as exact. It literally is an EXACT copy of the NOS dash.

I will send you a new roll bar pad when done.

Mark

[arne]

Seatbelt light delete. I dig. Always felt it was a bit VW 412.

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did that on my 73. looks great!

Yup. I looked at that when I took it out and thought, "Now why would I want to put that back in?"

[euro911]

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[arne]

Picking away at tasks this weekend, as I try to stay cool and out of the smoke. Door seals (inner and outer), floor vinyl, starting with carpet, new speakers in the new speaker pods, and taking a stab at fixing the slipping grip on the steering wheel. All good so far, although the verdict on the steering wheel won't be in until tomorrow.

Not much to show in pictures yet, just the speakers.

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[ConeDodger]

Seatbelt light delete. I dig. Always felt it was a bit VW 412.

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did that on my 73. looks great!

Yup. I looked at that when I took it out and thought, "Now why would I want to put that back in?"

Send it to me. I want to make an "ejection seat" light! This one no longer functions with the DME.

[arne]

Let me think on that, Rob. My thought was to leave it in the glovebox in case the next owner might be so silly as to want it.

[arne]

I have an appointment tomorrow for the new windshield. So I've been making sure that it's ready to drive, and that everything works. Put some gas in it yesterday. Here in Oregon, we still have gas pump jockeys (no self serve to speak of), and the car has not failed to baffle the young kids manning the pumps. Yesterday one asked me if it was a kit car I was building. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I've got most of the interior together now. Waiting to put on the inside windshield trim until the glass is in place, of course. And I'm not going to put the backpad in until I figure out what to do about the interior light. (See Using a 911 dome light? )

Still need to get the glass into the doors, and then the door cards, then refinish and install the rocker covers. That should be it, appearance-wise.

Other bits will be getting all the heater ducting reinstalled, installing the billet taco plate, replacing the upper steering shaft bearing in the column, and anything I find wrong in the test driving phase. On track to wrap this up by the middle of October, I figure.