Newbie question 1: Dashboard Options

[amfab]

Hi I am new to this forum. Thanks in advance for the help.

Car is a 1974 2.0.
I am replacing the radio and have a roll of basket weave vinyl to do the rest of the dash as well.

My Question is: was the radio plate always separate in terms of vinyl basket weave or did the vinyl ever come as one contiguous piece from the drivers side all the way to the seam at the glove box with no seam for the radio plate, or were the radio plates always separate?

-Andrew

[914Next]

My understanding is that all radios were dealer installed such that none were really "factory". As a result, I think you would likely see many variations. One example is mine where they actually used plain black vinyl on the radio plate even though there is basket weave on the rest of the dash. I know this is as delivered since the car is very completely documented and i have had conversations with the original owner about this. I suspect for some reason they did not have basket weave in stock when they installed the radio...or they grabbed a radio from another Porsche as a quick solution and did not bother to change the vinyl.

[Mikey914]

My understanding is that all radios were dealer installed such that none were really "factory". As a result, I think you would likely see many variations. One example is mine where they actually used plain black vinyl on the radio plate even though there is basket weave on the rest of the dash. I know this is as delivered since the car is very completely documented and i have had conversations with the original owner about this. I suspect for some reason they did not have basket weave in stock when they installed the radio...or they grabbed a radio from another Porsche as a quick solution and did not bother to change the vinyl.

Correct
I have the delete, DIN, and OEM style plates if you need any.

[914Next]

My understanding is that all radios were dealer installed such that none were really "factory". As a result, I think you would likely see many variations. One example is mine where they actually used plain black vinyl on the radio plate even though there is basket weave on the rest of the dash. I know this is as delivered since the car is very completely documented and i have had conversations with the original owner about this. I suspect for some reason they did not have basket weave in stock when they installed the radio...or they grabbed a radio from another Porsche as a quick solution and did not bother to change the vinyl.

Correct
I have the delete, DIN, and OEM style plates if you need any.

Thanks. I did buy an original plate with basket weave but the car is so original that I've decided to leave it as delivered. Some of these quirky things are what makes a particular car interesting.

Steve