great looking dash, 9 pics Options

[Mountain914]

Thanks!! I'm not worthy!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) Some quick answers/comments to the above:
1) As much as I'd like to take credit for the dash (and seats) it was a retirement project from a man who made interiors for Mercedes. Cheap labor but the opposite end of the spectrum from Kathy Lee !!
He even embossed the Porsche emblem in the firewall access panel cover - but don't let Porsche AIG know - they'll want royalties !!
2) The shelf (in front of the leather dash to the windshield) is suede. When you see pics of the entire interior, you'll see the theme extends well beyond the dash.
3) It's not finished - I still need to do the ignition bezel, do something with the ash-tray (it's just a plug), and I keep thinking about removing the heat/vent controls, as they are non-functional. Decided a radio would be useless.
4) I have a 3.0L and yes - I do need the 10k tach.
5) The dust? Oh man... you know how to hurt a guy. Guess I'll have to go dust-bunny hunting - but they're now getting "big game"!

These pictures are posted at http://gallery.rennlist.com/gallery/Mountain914 for Lawrence as he is talking about doing a project similar to this - He wanted 'close ups' so by gosh, that's what he got !!

[Britain Smith]

I actually noticed the missing bevel around the ignition...but I didn't want everyone to know I was sick with Brad.

The dash is kick ass!

-Britain

[Lawrence]

Lee,

Thanks for taking the time to post these... and I'm glad that everyone got to see them!

-Rusty

[need4speed]

I've actually been contemplating a similar project for my late-model Ghia.

The thing I hate the most about late model Ghias is that butt-ugly plastic steering wheel without the elegant chrome horn-ring, and the black-vinyl dash, which gets cracked with age. (especially in a convertible).

For those of us inbetween LA and SF in California, there's a leather wholesale store in Buellton/Solvang, called Siegels. I priced the leather to do the dash job, and it's about $35. Then there's the cutting and sewing.

The stitching work on the 914 in the pics is pretty amazing. The contours of the 914 dash are much more complicated than what I'd have to do in my Ghia.