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| rgalla9146 |
 Sep 20 2021, 07:47 AM
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I'm re-doing the basket weave on my '70 914 6 dashboard.
Saw a beautiful ashtray at Ski Rountop and brought it home. I removed my original not-so-clean original ashtray and noticed it has a feature I've never seen before, it has a plastic 'window' that would allow a small bulb to illuminate the open ashtray. I see no lamp socket in the area or room to mount one, but there is an opening in the mount for the tray to allow the light through. It's easy to check.....anyone else ? One further observation.....all mounts have the window.......of my eight eight ashtrays only one has the plastic window. Attached thumbnail(s)  
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| rgalla9146 |
Sep 28 2021, 10:36 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,569 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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Finally got a look at another 1970 914..... a 6 as well
It too has an ash tray with the light window. Is this a partial early car feature that never got fully developed for production ? a 914 6 only item ? There is no wiring loom feature for a bulb and no space for a socket above the ash tray mount. Take a look at your ash tray, it's easy and may reveal an ineresting dead end in the 914 story. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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rgalla9146 Illuminated ash tray ? Sep 20 2021, 07:47 AM
Shivers Well son of a gun. Went and looked, 72' has n... Sep 20 2021, 07:56 AM 914Sixer Might be a base from a 911? Sep 20 2021, 08:13 AM
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Might be a base from a 911?
Don't ear... Sep 20 2021, 08:59 AM PCH Maybe it is the emergency light for the ashtray-it... Sep 20 2021, 04:01 PM bkrantz I turned my ashtray into a light (or at least a ne... Sep 20 2021, 07:50 PM gms @rgalla9146 I never noticed that before so I look... Sep 29 2021, 07:48 PM 914Mels Our '70, production date 1/70 has the window. Sep 30 2021, 02:55 PM Racer My 1/70 production date 6 ashtray has the window Oct 3 2021, 08:40 AM 914sgofast2 My 1970 with a December 1969 production date has t... Oct 3 2021, 08:48 AM |
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