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> New Ethically Sourced early elephant skin door panels, anybody have a Vin number for the "dinosaur " skin??
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post May 20 2023, 07:25 AM
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Useful material for owners of '71 914s
1971s had a 'one year only' interior that had a similar grain.


Looks like the thicker material used in 70. The 71 used “shiny leather” a thinner, smother looking material with a more reflective shine.

Are you sure? Like Rory said, all my ‘71’s have/had elephant hide. I have a tan interior from an early ‘70. I’ll dig it out.
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post May 20 2023, 12:42 PM
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Yes please. Would love to see it (501 interior according to the book).

Interesting that the 401 seems to have an even wider grain.
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Also got a couple PM's we will be adding this to our vinyl door DIY kits, just will take a few weeks to process materials so we know we have enough. We are doing up seats and back pad, with this material.
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post May 22 2023, 05:07 PM
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Also worth mentioning that finding a dinosaur to kill these days is pretty tough.


What? They poop on our cars every damn day!
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post May 22 2023, 07:55 PM
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you are both wrong. The material comes from the Endangered Nauga. The end product is naugahyde.

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Here’s an early 2 piece door panel. The vinyl has grain but isn’t elephant hide. There is no foam behind the vinyl. Came from a one owner car in NJ that rusted out. Had a lot of unique early ‘70 details.

Door pockets are also tan but the door pulls and door top bolsters are black. Factory two tone.


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post May 24 2023, 07:21 PM
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Got to thinking, hey, I have a 71. The one that Taylor and I picked up in Billings at 2AM.

So knowing this is a European Delivery 71. Production date was a late 70, but it's sold as a 71.


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Seems to match the book for 71. So, where would the cutoff for the larger grain be?


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Fortunately it's well documented


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post May 25 2023, 05:50 AM
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Looks very nice, here’s a comparison.

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Those pics perfectly show the '71 only material.
It is much shinier and a different grain than any other year.
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Useful material for owners of '71 914s
1971s had a 'one year only' interior that had a similar grain.


Looks like the thicker material used in 70. The 71 used “shiny leather” a thinner, smother looking material with a more reflective shine.

@garland pretty sure this is correct for the 71. I wouldn’t really call it shiny.
Was it the 70 that had an even larger grain?
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post May 25 2023, 10:39 AM
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Yea, the 71 definitely has a different sheen to the surface than 70
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post May 25 2023, 02:23 PM
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Useful material for owners of '71 914s
1971s had a 'one year only' interior that had a similar grain.


Looks like the thicker material used in 70. The 71 used “shiny leather” a thinner, smother looking material with a more reflective shine.

@garland pretty sure this is correct for the 71. I wouldn’t really call it shiny.
Was it the 70 that had an even larger grain?

In the pictures I used here are the VINs for those cars.

The 70 VIN 4702912078 (purchased from original owner in 1978)
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The 71 VIN 4712908706 (purchased from a buddy & original owner, in 1975)
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The Billings car as I recall was the same as the 70.

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So the 71 that I have 4712902333 is definitely more like the 70 , it also matched the book for 71 as the 701 sample.

So my question is does anybody have a Vin number for the "dinosaur " skin??

I guess that's what I'd call it considering the grain is wider.
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Early 911 guys 64-68 should be happy about this.


I wish…here is a photo from my 68 911L ….still looking for this style
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