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| GaroldShaffer |
 Mar 27 2006, 04:30 PM
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The VW cup holder I ordered came in today. This cup holder was mentioned in another thread here recently. It fits in to the ashtray location on older VW. Well seems there is a bunch of different sizes depending on what type VW you have. I emailed them asking for dimenstion info on the part that slides into the ashtray mount but of course I haven't heard anything back. After asking for some VW ashyray measurements here and other VW club sites I ordered the late style type III cup holder. I knew it wasn't going to be wide enough but looked like it would fit inside the 914 ashtray shell.
I took an old ashtray I had here and removed the black front plate and metal flip up clip and holder. I then cut the front metal section and bent it down. Now the new cup holder fit inside the shell but was to thick to slide all the way back in the shell. I cut the end of the holder off (polyresin type board) and just used 4 wood screws to hold it to the ash tray shell. Works like a champ. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) Fuctions like the old ashtray did, the ashtray shell is held in place buy the spring clip on top. Went for a high speed test drive with quick turns, never moved at all. It doesn't block the vent controls, slides back out of the way like the old ashtray did. I'm happy. Photo with holder pushed all the way back to the dash. Attached image(s) 
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| Coy |
Jul 9 2007, 12:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 6-February 06 From: Salem, OR Member No.: 5,537 |
Actually, I bought the square back first. My 1991 Chevy pick-up didn't have a drink holder either, so I figured I could use the squareback there too. I took a chance and tried the Thing to see if it would work, and was pleased to see it was a little easier modification. It bounces quite a bit, but works pretty well. Thanks for the great idea to start with!
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itsa914 Finished new 914 cup holder X2 Mar 27 2006, 04:30 PM
itsa914 Pulled all the way out to locking point of ashtray... Mar 27 2006, 04:31 PM itsa914 Cheap mounting setup. Mar 27 2006, 04:32 PM itsa914 Last one, bottom side. Mar 27 2006, 04:33 PM ChrisNPDrider http://www.914world.com/bbs2/... Mar 27 2006, 06:13 PM seanery I can't believe I missed this one....great ide... Feb 20 2007, 10:36 PM PinetreePorsche I bought a "spare" ash tray months ago, ... Feb 21 2007, 06:14 AM seanery search SMOG cupholder or smog cup holder... Curvie... Feb 21 2007, 06:54 AM
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search SMOG cupholder or smog cup holder... Curvi... Feb 21 2007, 07:24 AM seanery Sorry for the hijack garold.
Here's a pic of ... Feb 21 2007, 07:41 AM Coy Update on the Volswagen drink holders:
I ordered ... Jul 9 2007, 11:10 AM Garold Shaffer Nice job. Wish I would have known about the VW Thi... Jul 9 2007, 12:05 PM geniusanthony For those of you with center consoles that are eit... Jul 31 2007, 05:15 AM partwerks That's the one I had seen that a person could ... Apr 7 2011, 07:30 AM |
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