 Center Console Mounting, Adding a center console to my 1974 914. |
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| Lazydog925 |
 Aug 8 2016, 09:36 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 8-August 16 From: East Bay Member No.: 20,279 Region Association: None  |
I'm adding a center console to my 1974 914. I was wondering if anyone may have the mounting dimensions? I would like to mount this in the OE position. Any help mounting this console is greatly appreciated.
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| porschetub |
Aug 8 2016, 10:35 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,816 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Lazydog925 @ Aug 9 2016, 03:36 PM)  I'm adding a center console to my 1974 914. I was wondering if anyone may have the mounting dimensions? I would like to mount this in the OE position. Any help mounting this console is greatly appreciated. Apparently it just sits in there and suits the contour of the lower dash ...don't quote me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) . I really wanted on for my car but many say they get in the way of your feet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Aug 8 2016, 10:59 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses & Beekeeper Group: Members Posts: 8,907 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None 
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More to it than that. Do you have the upper bracket and all the parts?
2 screws up into the metal subdash, 2 screws into the center tunnel. |
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| carcus |
Aug 8 2016, 11:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 16-March 16 From: Colorado Springs Member No.: 19,760 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
It will fit without the upper bracket. Some 3M tape will hold it. You will need an appearance package heater lever also, has a curve on it. The defrost button on the left will be just a decoration. There is someone on Ebay right now selling the upper bracket pretty cheap used. They are hard to find. The gauge wiring should be in the center under the carpet. Now, if the appearance package with gauges are used...expect the clock like mine is broke, and some issues with old used VDO gauges. Hope this helps.I cut some side holes in my center console for some speakers that will be going in soon. And regardless what some people say, I am 6'1" and a chubby dude, the center console will not mess with any room.
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| Lazydog925 |
Aug 9 2016, 08:55 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 8-August 16 From: East Bay Member No.: 20,279 Region Association: None |
Thanks. I do have all the brackets just curious about the placement. How far forward, is it centered? Anyone have any measurements?
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| Mark Henry |
Aug 9 2016, 10:20 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
If you have big feet you won't like the console. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)
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| worn |
Aug 9 2016, 10:20 AM
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Winner of the Utah Twisted Joint Award Group: Members Posts: 3,470 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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QUOTE(Lazydog925 @ Aug 9 2016, 06:55 AM) Thanks. I do have all the brackets just curious about the placement. How far forward, is it centered? Anyone have any measurements? It nestles against the center seat/tray. Actually if you have an original it sort of fits best when it is in the right place. You will already have the holes in the console if it isn't new, so the brackets will tell you where to drill in the sheet metal. I found that the holes are not predrilled in my '76. |
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| Carl456 |
Aug 9 2016, 02:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 24-July 15 From: Southern Ontario Member No.: 18,990 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Aug 9 2016, 08:20 AM) I'm far from driving mine but with seats in i can't get my foot between the brake and the center console (size 13). I'm going to have to reconfigure mine. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 9 2016, 02:41 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,161 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Aha! I found the old address, and fed it into the Wayback Machine! Here is a link to a saved copy of the dimensioned drawings from the French 914 Club!
https://web.archive.org/web/20041208223030/....com/914france/ Someone commented in an old thread that one dimension was incorrect, but did not know which one. Note that there is a metal bracket at the top, which bolts to the underside of the dash frame, and another bracket at the bottom under the gauges, which bolts to the top of the center tunnel. --DD |
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| Lazydog925 |
Aug 9 2016, 05:45 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 8-August 16 From: East Bay Member No.: 20,279 Region Association: None |
Thank you everyone. Just want my 914 interior to look stock. Now, I just need to brush up on my French. Thanks DD for going through the trouble to dig this up.
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