New Ethically Sourced early elephant skin door panels, anybody have a Vin number for the "dinosaur " skin?? |
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New Ethically Sourced early elephant skin door panels, anybody have a Vin number for the "dinosaur " skin?? |
mepstein |
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. |
Mikey914 |
May 20 2023, 12:42 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Yes please. Would love to see it (501 interior according to the book).
Interesting that the 401 seems to have an even wider grain. |
Mikey914 |
May 22 2023, 04:42 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
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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IanK |
May 22 2023, 05:07 PM
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DennisV |
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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) |
mepstein |
May 23 2023, 04:42 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,220 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Mikey914 |
May 24 2023, 07:21 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
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. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Mikey914 |
May 24 2023, 07:22 PM
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Mikey914 |
May 24 2023, 07:24 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Seems to match the book for 71. So, where would the cutoff for the larger grain be?
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Mikey914 |
May 24 2023, 07:29 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Fortunately it's well documented
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rgalla9146 |
May 25 2023, 05:50 AM
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Mikey914 |
May 25 2023, 10:18 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
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? |
mepstein |
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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Garland |
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) The 71 VIN 4712908706 (purchased from a buddy & original owner, in 1975) The Billings car as I recall was the same as the 70. Your picture |
Mikey914 |
May 26 2023, 07:28 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
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. |
simonjb |
Jul 13 2023, 10:15 AM
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