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| porschetub |
 Aug 17 2015, 01:29 AM
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Have been removing pillar and targa bar trim to tidy up and find it is wrapped in leather ? was that an option or has someone done this in the past?,it looks original.
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 17 2015, 09:06 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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What part is wrapped in leather? The padding inside, the "sail panel" and Targa bar, the windshield frame, or something else?
The sail panel vinyl was a very commonly-ordered option. Most 914s seem to have had it. Some very early 73s had vinyl around the windshield as well, across the top of the hoop and down the A pillar. The bottom edge of that was left bare, which gave it an unfinished look. The padding and trim inside the car is plastic. If any of the above are covered with actual leather, it is an aftermarket addition that someone decided to put on the car. Which could be cool, or could be "WTF were they thinking?" Do you like it? --DD |
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| porschetub |
Aug 17 2015, 10:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,708 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Aug 18 2015, 03:06 AM)  What part is wrapped in leather? The padding inside, the "sail panel" and Targa bar, the windshield frame, or something else? The sail panel vinyl was a very commonly-ordered option. Most 914s seem to have had it. Some very early 73s had vinyl around the windshield as well, across the top of the hoop and down the A pillar. The bottom edge of that was left bare, which gave it an unfinished look. The padding and trim inside the car is plastic. If any of the above are covered with actual leather, it is an aftermarket addition that someone decided to put on the car. Which could be cool, or could be "WTF were they thinking?" Do you like it? --DD Both windscreen pillar trims,LH side sail panel trim. The top roof trim is vinyl as I had to glue the edges back but this came off my spare roof as my roof was sans that piece. Yep its definately leather, VERY thin and smells like it also....sniff sniff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) tried my leather restore on it and it came up great,this stuff will not work on vinyl period.  Oh well if its not original then its a bonus then...right . |
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porschetub Interesting find on my car Aug 17 2015, 01:29 AM
RobW I don't think it's leather, but vinyl mayb... Aug 17 2015, 05:41 AM
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I don't think it's leather, but vinyl may... Aug 17 2015, 01:53 PM whitetwinturbo :ttiwwp: Aug 17 2015, 10:24 AM SirAndy
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:agree: Aug 17 2015, 01:37 PM Dave_Darling Yup, bonus!
--DD Aug 18 2015, 08:42 AM SirAndy I know of one 914-6 that came with leather interio... Aug 18 2015, 11:36 AM Dave_Darling I thought that was seats and door panels and dash ... Aug 18 2015, 07:40 PM SirAndy I thought that was seats and door panels and dash ... Aug 18 2015, 07:44 PM porschetub Well it goes on, the targa bar trim is also covere... Sep 9 2015, 09:20 PM rhodyguy a little patina never hurt anything. Sep 10 2015, 08:02 AM mepstein 40-45 year old cars. Lots of things happen to thes... Sep 10 2015, 09:02 AM |
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