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Posted by: spsader Jan 6 2019, 01:39 PM

After a long haul am looking at finishing up a 914-6 GT for the Montreal Auto show
Here are some pics of the top and bottom dash
Can you guess the colour of the car?

Posted by: Mark Henry Jan 6 2019, 02:06 PM

Red ? or is that orange?

Posted by: sb914 Jan 6 2019, 02:42 PM

Black!

Posted by: 914_7T3 Jan 6 2019, 04:00 PM

Looks orange to me, but let's see some pics of the car!!!!




@http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=12023 Looks like there are others out there besides us!

Posted by: spsader Jan 6 2019, 04:37 PM

Here are some pics
Once I have a little more time, I will attempt to get a thread going of the build from start to finish, with LOTS of pictures

Posted by: spsader Jan 6 2019, 04:39 PM

All of this craziness started with a Dr Evil transmission clinic at Mark Henry’s place a few years back!!
Thanks guys

Posted by: sb914 Jan 6 2019, 04:55 PM

Wow ! looks beautiful

Posted by: mepstein Jan 6 2019, 05:02 PM

Posted by: echocanyons Jan 6 2019, 05:07 PM

Nice work! Who did the dash work?

Posted by: Cairo94507 Jan 6 2019, 05:11 PM

That looks very nice.

Posted by: ndfrigi Jan 6 2019, 05:48 PM

yes that is beautiful car! what company reupholstered your dash? I will need it later for my 74.

Posted by: 914Sixer Jan 6 2019, 06:44 PM

Is that one of those dash tops in leather made in England?

Posted by: spsader Jan 7 2019, 11:25 AM

the dash was done by a local guy up her in the Montréal area, he does a lot of custom upholstery motorcycle seats, saddle bags etc
his name is Rod Alves
www.alvesupholstery.com

Posted by: ValcoOscar Jan 7 2019, 11:32 AM

Significant progress thus far....

Waiting for your build thread.



Keep it up!!!

Oscar

Posted by: dr914@autoatlanta.com Jan 7 2019, 11:50 AM

wow beautiful job, who did it?

Posted by: spsader Jan 7 2019, 10:14 PM

Hope the link works
http://www.alvesupholstery.com/

Paul

Posted by: 914_7T3 Jan 7 2019, 10:31 PM

Great Car!

Posted by: Montreal914 Jan 12 2019, 12:12 PM

Paul, beautiful project!

I will be in Montreal on the January 19-20 week-end...

Sending pm

Posted by: Chi-town Jan 12 2019, 12:32 PM

I saw these on Instagram, they look great!

Posted by: spsader Jan 12 2019, 12:50 PM

The dash went in without too much trouble, had a couple of times practice as I had put the frame in before getting the wiring sorted
Then had forgotten to put the glove box...I guess practice makes perfect
It’s coming together nicely

Posted by: spsader Jan 12 2019, 02:02 PM

Moving ahead slowly

Posted by: burton73 Jan 12 2019, 03:35 PM

WOW. Looks super nice.

Bob B

Posted by: mepstein Jan 12 2019, 04:09 PM

Great looking car.

Posted by: sb914 Jan 12 2019, 06:03 PM

The stitching on your dash looks perfectly straight.
Very clean !

Posted by: spsader Jan 13 2019, 09:41 PM

Heading off to the Montreal auto Show
Incredible how the lighting affects the look of the color
I can assure you that it is orange!!

Posted by: spsader Jan 13 2019, 09:43 PM

Yes orange!!!
Will post some quality pictures from the car show in a week or so

Posted by: JOEPROPER Jan 14 2019, 09:48 AM

Wow that was quick! Beautiful car!!

Posted by: daytona Jan 14 2019, 03:33 PM

Beautiful car. Would love to see some pics of the engine and interior.
Bill.

Posted by: Superhawk996 Jan 14 2019, 06:14 PM

That is by far the nicest dash I've seen. Love the stitching.

Very timely as I was just contemplating the topic of having my dash recovered in leather the other day.

Inspirational Work.

Posted by: Optimusglen Jan 15 2019, 09:53 AM

The dash looks great, but I'm really loving the front bumper. FG?

Posted by: ValcoOscar Jan 15 2019, 10:41 AM

Boy..that dash would look nice in my LSV8914...just saying!!!

Great looking car.

Oscar

Posted by: Chris H. Jan 15 2019, 10:45 AM

Car looks incredible. Really interesting bumper. Did you have that made? What's the story on it?

Posted by: spsader Jan 15 2019, 08:13 PM

The bumpers front and back are all metal, as are the rockers and of course the flares (thanks to Pete at Restoration Design... )

I never did like the rubber bumper tops and the 916 style FG bumpers we were looking at installing were really not up to the quality we were aiming for. A little more work, but I really think that they turned out great...and one of a kind.

Here are some pictures

Posted by: spsader Jan 15 2019, 08:14 PM

More pics

Posted by: spsader Jan 15 2019, 08:19 PM

And more pics

Posted by: spsader Jan 15 2019, 08:26 PM

And more...


Attached thumbnail(s)

Posted by: spsader Jan 15 2019, 08:28 PM

And the finished product....front

Posted by: spsader Jan 15 2019, 08:31 PM

And back...

Posted by: Cairo94507 Jan 16 2019, 07:47 AM

Beautiful work on everything. That is the nicest looking leather dash I have ever seen on a 914. The bumper modifications are just right too.

Posted by: spsader Jan 16 2019, 05:40 PM

Thanks for the kind comments
We are very happy with how everything turned out!

Got the seats today, just in time. Will post pictures soon.

Posted by: ValcoOscar Jan 16 2019, 05:51 PM

Beautiful...Damn...that poster would motivate me too

Oscar

Posted by: spsader Jan 17 2019, 05:18 PM

The seats were done just in time, all set!!

Posted by: spsader Jan 17 2019, 05:23 PM

Here is the final product.
Now the long wait for spring when I will finally be able to take it out for a drive...
And some lapping at our favorite track Le Circuit Mont Tremblant

Paul

Posted by: mepstein Jan 17 2019, 05:40 PM

Your car looks terrific. The upholstery is first class. The bolsters on the seats were done right and the stitching looks perfect. Congrats!

What have you done for the engine and trans?

Posted by: sb914 Jan 17 2019, 06:44 PM

bravo beautiful!!!

Posted by: spsader Jan 18 2019, 07:43 AM

The engine is a 3.2 from an ‘89 carrera mated to the 901 transmission that I rebuilt and regeared (AFOX flipped H) under the excellent guidance of the not so evil Dr Evil