It's 3:19 am and I finished the friggin dashboard restoration.

I made a new "dash face" by cutting out a template for the old face out of formica and then adhering the older-style basketweave material do it. This took an evening. This also allowed me to delete the seatbelt warning light.

Then I cleaned up the old dash, and repainted the front side and openings with satin black paint.

Using the old dash top covering material, I cut a new "under pad" from foam, and a new dash top from black vinyl.



I glued the foam to the dash and let dry and then glued the vinyl to the dash, trimmed, and let dry.

Then I adhered the new dash face to the dash frame with double-sided sticky tape.

I also made a new covering for the glove box door.

I installed the new dash pad and the previously restored lower dash pad.

New lenses for the switch assemblies, NOS blower control unit

I sldo fitted the DIN frame for the new stereo head unit.

Voila! Restored dashboard assembly!

That looks incredible. I may just have to take a crack at redoing the top of my dash after seeing that.

Karl, I can't see quite enought to be able to ID your pinball machine. I have 2 1/2 vintage ones here.
This guy is a friend of mine. The next free game night / charity fundraiser at his warehouse is next month.
If you're really into pinball, it is worth the trip. Play 'till your fingers bleed. Future Pinball Hall of Fame.


BTW - The dash looks great.

Wow.....Looks great Karl! Funky tach.......I dig it. Is it just a porsche tach re-done?

Very Nice Karl!

Great job Karl.

Man Karl, that looks great


-Pete

I have a tach that goes to 11. That's one more than 10.

It's a NOS six cylinder tach that was recalibrated to 10,000 RPM, and a custom face put on it.

PLus the internals were modified to accept the signal from the electronic ignition.

And then a custom paint job.

Schweeeeeet....

--DD

Are your gauge needles yellow?

Very nice result!

Yes... gauge needles are yellow to match the exterior color.

Remember... yellow is faster

Nice touch!

The tach is way cool too.

ala 914/GT

very nice!!

Very very nice,, done like a pro, hard work has paid off. Your car will be amazing.

Very nice dash, but with a 7200 rpm redline, is only a 150 mph speedo enough???

Should be one very fast machine!!!

dave

Kelly -

I love that steering wheel, especially the horn button. Much nicer than the "bow-tie" that I've had in all of my teeners. Is that a GT or 6 cylinder thing or is it aftermarket or from another Porsche?

wow karl that looks really good. Are you expecting your new 6 to spin that high?
Eric

The steering wheel is a Momo Prototipo. Somewhat period correct for race cars from that time period.

Factory GT cars had the horn button as in the picture several posts above.

The engine has S-cams in it, and it's a short-stroke 3.2, so it should rev a little more freely than a stock 3.0 or 3.2.

It is still gonna be 3-4 months before it's driven... I can't wait!

Lookin good Karl.

Where'd ya get NOS heater control asmbly? And the older style basketweave vinyl? And the new gauge lenses? And...

His kitchen table top, where else?

Modified that post.

As in "where did you get", not "where is".

Heater switches from AutoAtlanta off e-bay for $50, I think. It actually was NOS and came as promised with a new chrome bezel.

The basketweave came from Pelican.

Gauge lenses from Palo Alto speedo with the gauge restoration.

The switch inserts from Mittelmotor (or Pelican has them, or AA)

The dash top came from the Porsche dealer using my $100 off coupon each year for PCA members.

The stereo from Crutchfield.

Yes! Good idea. I'm going to do that this year if they distribute the coupons.

Every thing is looking good, Karl! Carry on!

Mike

The finished product looks amazing... but... wait... lemme get this straight.

You recovered a NEW dash pad, or just the dash? Do you have the windshield out?