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Cal |
Dec 14 2015, 02:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States |
I recently purchased a low mileage '74 2.0L and have spent the past couple of weekends detailing everything. This weekend I detailed the front trunk area. Did these cars ever come with protective felt pads to keep the tire/wheel from rubbing the trunk bottom?
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Tom_T |
Dec 14 2015, 04:39 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Not as far as I've ever seen back in the 70's, but some owners put them in there themselves (& maybe some dealers) to reduce paint wear & the rubber squeaking in the floor on rougher roads.
I never glued my added ones in, but just laid some scrap felt under the tire on each bearing point (3-4 pieces). It was a trick my mechanic taught me, & he was the Circle Porsche+Audi dealer in Long Beach CA's 914 specialist, before he started his own shop in `72, & he said that was their "special secret dealer fix" for the squeaking (imagine it said in his thick Austrian accent). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) PS - that looks like an excellent 914 too! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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