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« Reply #60 on: March 17, 2009, 08:51:40 am »

yes Speedwell , the vdo's are in my vw since ten years !!  Grin

the eldub's dash is very very beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!  empi's  Cool
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« Reply #61 on: February 07, 2010, 13:39:12 pm »

mmm another cool one  Wink
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« Reply #62 on: February 08, 2010, 08:29:51 am »

Here is a pic of my 69' dash, gages are in clove box.
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« Reply #63 on: February 08, 2010, 17:53:33 pm »


Nice car you got there Ted! (sounds good too Grin)

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« Reply #64 on: February 08, 2010, 18:21:40 pm »

Here is a pic of my 69' dash, gages are in clove box.
I like the tachometer mount that you have on your car.  I like how it mounts to the dash through what used to be the brake warning light hole and also has the tach. wires running through it.  Did you fab that yourself?  I thought about making something similar to that, very nice.
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« Reply #65 on: February 08, 2010, 18:27:53 pm »

mmm another cool one  Wink

What material is that on the sunvisors/headliner  Huh Smiley
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« Reply #66 on: February 08, 2010, 18:36:19 pm »


Nice car you got there Ted! (sounds good too Grin)

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« Reply #67 on: February 08, 2010, 18:44:02 pm »

Here is a pic of my 69' dash, gages are in clove box.
I like the tachometer mount that you have on your car.  I like how it mounts to the dash through what used to be the brake warning light hole and also has the tach. wires running through it.  Did you fab that yourself?  I thought about making something similar to that, very nice.
Thanks Jeff68, Yes I fabed it with the help of Mark V. at Berg's. The wire's don't go through the mount but down through the vent hole, used shrink tubing too try to make it neat. I did make one a long time ago with an access hole for the wire's but never used it, I think I had made it too short. I didn't want to make any holes anywhere so thats why I used the brake warning light hole. Worked very well! The back of the tach rest against the dash to make it stable.  Grin

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« Reply #68 on: February 09, 2010, 02:43:53 am »

lee, according to the vw and porsche feature mike had a perforated tan vinyl headliner (obviously that goes for the visors as well)
though, if you were to order one from TMI it looks like an adhesive plaster ...

gotta LOVE that interior though Smiley
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« Reply #69 on: February 09, 2010, 06:20:19 am »

Here is a shot of my Cal Look dash in 1977, shortly after finishing my car. It was intended to be one of a kind, wild and crazy. It had a full set of OPEL GT gauges, plus a cassette, AM/FM.  I fabricated the dash out of wood, upholstered it and then installed it using all VDO sending units from the OPEL GT.  Had to make a few adapters but they worked great.

A shot of my 67 is pictured, with my RICANN personalized plate. It was our newlywed Friday night cruiser.

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« Reply #70 on: February 09, 2010, 15:35:49 pm »

I'd like to see more pics from different angles of the EMPI padded dash topper. I have one to be installed into my 67.....
It seems that when I see these installed, the HL & wiper switches are very close to the pad. Almost looks crowded. Is this a poor install of the pad, or is that just the way it is?


And here is mine. notice the center defrost vent cut out...




Critter here is a pic of my EMPI dash topper.
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« Reply #71 on: February 09, 2010, 15:47:05 pm »

Whose car is the black dash from with the AUTOMETER Gauges?  That is a very clean set up.

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« Reply #72 on: February 09, 2010, 15:55:20 pm »

Rick M, that's the Rolling Blackout of Steve Niendorf. Shocked
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« Reply #73 on: February 09, 2010, 16:31:45 pm »

Rick M, that's the Rolling Blackout of Steve Niendorf. Shocked
When is it gonne be featured in the mags?Awesome.
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« Reply #74 on: February 10, 2010, 00:08:34 am »

Rick M, that's the Rolling Blackout of Steve Niendorf. Shocked
When is it gonne be featured in the mags?Awesome.

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« Reply #75 on: February 14, 2010, 05:09:56 am »

still not sure whether to cut my virgin dah or not to install the gauges  Sad
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« Reply #76 on: February 14, 2010, 05:19:13 am »

We are still waiting on Steve to complete his awesome '67. By the way, Steve had his Empi dash pad re-upholstered in black leather.... Just fyi.
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« Reply #77 on: February 14, 2010, 17:41:15 pm »

Hey, I see nobody has posted a VDO dash, as a pervert in the Early VDO's, this is my duty...
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« Reply #78 on: February 15, 2010, 20:28:32 pm »

still not sure whether to cut my virgin dah or not to install the gauges  Sad

We did. Happy with the result Smiley
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« Reply #79 on: February 15, 2010, 20:34:11 pm »

still loving that dash, dude! that's the way i would've done it as well, had i gotten to it that thoroughly Wink
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« Reply #80 on: February 19, 2010, 04:20:39 am »

Zak,

You guys need to straighten the TACH. It is set in there sideways. :-)

RM
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« Reply #81 on: February 19, 2010, 05:02:39 am »

How is this for a cal Look Dash

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« Reply #82 on: February 19, 2010, 09:23:10 am »

Zak,

You guys need to straighten the TACH. It is set in there sideways. :-)

RM

yep. i never understood why people hang their tachs crooked   Undecided

but i really, really like the lefthand keyhole, that is very porschey
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« Reply #83 on: February 19, 2010, 09:26:00 am »

Zak,

You guys need to straighten the TACH. It is set in there sideways. :-)

RM

yep. i never understood why people hang their tachs crooked   Undecided

but i really, really like the lefthand keyhole, that is very porschey

Because who cares about looking at the rev counter at idle? It is more important to have a clear view where it matters. Function before beauty - as always!
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« Reply #84 on: February 19, 2010, 10:10:53 am »

Zak,

You guys need to straighten the TACH. It is set in there sideways. :-)

RM

yep. i never understood why people hang their tachs crooked   Undecided

but i really, really like the lefthand keyhole, that is very porschey

Because who cares about looking at the rev counter at idle? It is more important to have a clear view where it matters. Function before beauty - as always!
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« Reply #85 on: February 19, 2010, 17:34:38 pm »

Unfortunately, when AssHull wired it up he forgot to leave the wires a little long so we can turn in sideways. Now has to be straight Undecided
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« Reply #86 on: February 19, 2010, 18:10:57 pm »

plain and simple


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« Reply #87 on: February 19, 2010, 19:07:30 pm »

Unfortunately, when AssHull wired it up he forgot to leave the wires a little long so we can turn in sideways. Now has to be straight Undecided

you can sort that easily enough ...
either extend the wires , or have a new dial face made with redline at the top and the needle reset .
i have had this done in the past , miles better than just rotating it Wink
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« Reply #88 on: February 28, 2010, 09:45:58 am »

took the car out of storage yesterday , so just took a couple of pics for you .


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