I am trying to find and approximate VIN when the switch from the early to the later center tray? please reply with VIN if you can help

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Early tray without divider

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Later tray with divider

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I have the later version on my '74.

how do those work

this change occurred in MY 1970

So in other words if you have a MY 1970 914 then PM Glenn with your VIN and whether your divider tray is separated or not plus the phone numbers of three single women between the ages of 25 and 35 who live in the Chicago area and get weak in the knees for vintage, German race cars.

Simple.

John

Glenn,

#4702903114; build date 01/1970;
original tray picture attached.......

Paul

We are going to need pictures too

Well that really narrows it down!

I have an August 1970 - looks like Paul's with the divider. VIN
4702911981.

The 25 - 35 year old hot chick photos are in the Sandbox in the "Hot Chicks" thread....

You sure they did not mix them for a while?

Paul's car would seem to say less than 3114 of those trays exist...

John

#9140430242; build date 01/1970;

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thanks Walter and Mark!

My car (9140430611, build date 2/70) has the later style tray. Looks like we're down to January/February of 1970 for the change (at least for the -6s).

here is 914 043 0250
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I have 4702912025, it had a cracked tray without the divider...build date was 4/70

Glenn... given that the build dates are all over the map, I wonder if checking off the third seat option would have gotten the divider tray, belts and the cushion and standard builds got the smooth tray?

(then again, Marks has the cushion... carry on)

I have the same one in my '76. That narrows it down significantly.

Photo of VIN 9140432486, build date believed to be 6/70 tray has divider. No indication it has been replaced by a previous owner, but also no guarantee it wasn't.

I have parted out lots of cars over the years but I have never seen a tray without the divider. SOOOO I learned something new today.

It looks like they stopped using them pretty early, it is looking like late January or early February 1970.

My '71 Six has the divided tray too. No surprise given the above replies.

My #0137 that I have owned for over 20 years has the early tray, but came without the cushion. Mark's cushion is different than later cushions. I have only seen these in /6's, but never an early /4 of the same time period. So, are there any /4's built in Jan '70 or earlier that have this early tray? I'm surprised that Paul's early /4 doesn't have it.

Don

I am with Erc......I still have my cushion....build date Jan 73

Garold Shaffer just acquired a /4 with a build date of 12/69 and this was in it (among other early anomilies).

Here is the center tray & cushion. Also has the third seat belt option.

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Garold's car supports Erc's theory but
914/6 #0011 and 0012 have the same tray without the seat belt option

How about pictures of your center cushion too?

4702902283 a 28,804 miles original car has a center without divider.
51st week 1969 build
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Another shot of an early console from a 914 book.

My 3/70 914 6 has the divider. Car number 9140431095
No third seatbelts.

#0619 Built 2/70 Has divided tray

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