Differences between an early 70/71 dashboard and later 72-76? |
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Differences between an early 70/71 dashboard and later 72-76? |
MidshipMadness |
May 11 2020, 05:44 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 28-March 20 From: Hudson, WI Member No.: 24,064 Region Association: None |
Can an early dashboard be made to work on a later 914 and vise versa? I'm going to look at a 71 parts car today.
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ClayPerrine |
May 11 2020, 06:51 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,520 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Can an early dashboard be made to work on a later 914 and vise versa? I'm going to look at a 71 parts car today. Differences: Early have no dash vents in the ends. Early car chassis does on have the tubes for the dash vents. Early car glove box and door are slightly wider. Early cars have a vent on top of the dash in the middle. You can put an early dash in a late car, and you can put a late dash in an early car. |
MidshipMadness |
May 11 2020, 08:22 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 28-March 20 From: Hudson, WI Member No.: 24,064 Region Association: None |
If I find that the guy has a nice 71 upper dash pad, what differences will I find with the dash pad in my 76? I understand that the 72 and later cars have side vents and early cars do not.
I just want to know if an early upper dash will work on a 76 car or is there something unique about the early upper dash pads that will cause fitment problems. On early cars I understand the vent is in the middle...but I don't know if you mean on the dash face or the upper pad. I should know this already because I used to own a 71...but that was 25 years ago. I've been doing image searches for differences in the upper dash pads and cannot seem to find anything useful. Anybody got a pic of the differences? |
mepstein |
May 11 2020, 10:38 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,315 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
You will pay 2-3x more for an early dash pad compared to mid or late. The dash vent is on the dash but not the dash pad.
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Bleyseng |
May 11 2020, 12:26 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
If I find that the guy has a nice 71 upper dash pad, what differences will I find with the dash pad in my 76? I understand that the 72 and later cars have side vents and early cars do not. I just want to know if an early upper dash will work on a 76 car or is there something unique about the early upper dash pads that will cause fitment problems. On early cars I understand the vent is in the middle...but I don't know if you mean on the dash face or the upper pad. I should know this already because I used to own a 71...but that was 25 years ago. I've been doing image searches for differences in the upper dash pads and cannot seem to find anything useful. Anybody got a pic of the differences? Go look in the Originality Forums in the Interiors parts for pictures of the different dashes. |
SirAndy |
May 12 2020, 12:16 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,679 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Go look in the Originality Forums in the Interiors parts for pictures of the different dashes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showforum=44 |
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