I found a source for the trays. Most are broken, cracked chip and plain ugly. Working on getting some prices.

URO is starting to make some, not sure if they're "early" or "late". (The pic looks like a late one, BTW.) They're going to be selling them through Pelican, and likely other places as well.

--DD

What's the cutoff between "early" and "late" for the trays? Also, what are the differences between "early" and "late" trays?

I'm not sure if it's an early late thing. Those trays came in non console/ appearance cars. They had a lid/pad that was not attached. My 73-1.7 had one.

Earlier ones (I don't know the cutoff) didn't have the divider, I believe.

--DD

Here's the early

Pull you center cushion up and see if it has a divider or not.

Cool hopefully the thermoform them out of a thicker plastic than the original ones.

That is the later tray with the hinged top. Here is the 1st generation early '70 plastic with no divider:


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Mark, that one looks like the one in my early '72.

early ones (like this) used until about January 1970 build 914/4 and 914/6s

That's not the early tray, that's the later one that goes with the center console. At least in 73+ cars it is. Not sure if the cars with the "center deposit" style console got a hinged compartment or not.

--DD

Sorry,
I had it backwards, and yes there are 2 versions of early.

Never did really like these as there's not any room for anything other than flat items.

Mark, thats where all the cassette tapes go.

I got a price BUT the shipping is an incredible $18 for UPS shipping. Not sure if they will sell at what I would have to charge.

I need an early try for my early 914-6 My car was built in the first month of production.

Hope some one reproduces them !

whats a casette tape

Well if new versions of the bottom are becoming available, maybe someone can make a molded plastic top piece that looks OEM when closed, but is concave underneath so some stuff can fit under it

I've personally never tried to squeeze a 3rd person in my 914, and if I did, Porsche engineered that center cushion into the center tray lid for them to sit on, correct?!?

I have an old cushion top and leave it in the basement. preferring to have the later version divided tray open to throw stuff into

Since we're SOT, I hate the hinged version and like the plastic. I just don't store a lot of crap in my car. I find the hinged version hard to see inside without first brushing up on my yoga.

Actually I'm bring some in and will be playing around with this as we are starting to sew the replacement tops, so why not?

These are fantastic if you've gone cable shift as they allow enough space for the cables to transition below w/o being seen from above. I'll take one as a spare when they're ready.

My early '72 states seat positions 2+1. So yes early cars were designed for a 3rd and some even had the 3rd seatbelt. My car did not have the seatbelt.

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Sorry Mark - didn't mean to hijack.

My 1st car in high school I got myself and 2 girls in it no problem. Shifting was fun.

A friend of mine was a cheerleader in HS. Another girl on the squad had a 914, and they used to fit six in it. Two in the seats, one in the center, and three across the roll bar...

--DD

This tray is original to my '70/4.......

Damit another 2 screw caps

That's what my center piece looks like. I have a build date of 6/1970.

Anyone have more pics of the cushion? I think there were 2 styles on this.

Mark, Here is my cushion from the '73 as well as the plastic tray. I cannot attest as originality but neither of my trays have the screw covers. Maybe they did in the beginning. And yes, I know the material is frayed.

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As I understand it, the rigid, smooth tray insert was a Porsche item available through the dealers' parts department. The "softer", basketweave insert was an aftermarket piece sourced either through the dealer, from period catalogs (i.e. MG Mitten, Vilem B. Haan) or import parts stores (Beck/Arnley, Bap/Geon).

Here is another picture of the early center tray. I need one of these for my Six...

NOS cushions on sale on Ebay from AA with the Ridge on the bottom.

The color is cocoa brown.
Too bad they don't have some black ones.....