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Title: a little dash knob question Post by: wolfswest on July 08, 2008, 19:32:14 pm Hi guys,
My car is a 72 and I want to give my dash a proper older look. I have two knobs left on my dash... the knob for the 4 turn signals and the one for my headlights, 2 stands. I can screw the plastic/rubber knobs of... Can I mount on these 2 switches the more older looking knobs? For example, the old wooden knob set of empi....? Thx, Dem Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: ian c on July 08, 2008, 19:40:06 pm i have no idea what you are saying , but i have come up with this suggestion to what i think you might mean ......
you want to get rid of steering coloumn stalks ?? have you thought of using early dipped/main beam foot-switches ? you can get rid of ALL the switches with a little thought ..... ;) Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on July 08, 2008, 19:47:03 pm Hi guys, The Early knobs will screw on but will wiggle around the later cars have a sleeve on the late knobs all you can do if you dont want the big knobs is use a 67,68,69 type 3 dash knobs they are flat with the dash I am assuming you dont have a padded dash anymore? My car is a 72 and I want to give my dash a proper older look. I have two knobs left on my dash... the knob for the 4 turn signals and the one for my headlights, 2 stands. I can screw the plastic/rubber knows of... Can I mount on these 2 switches the more older looking knobs? For example, the old wooden know set of empi....? Thx, Dem Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: ian c on July 08, 2008, 19:57:20 pm ahhh ....
i get it now !!! :) Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: wolfswest on July 08, 2008, 20:19:12 pm that's right, I don't have a padded dashboard anymore...
I will test it, shubee, thx Any other suggestions how I can place the older knobs? maybe change the switches? or are the holes in the dash also different? Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on July 08, 2008, 20:48:12 pm that's right, I don't have a padded dashboard anymore... The holes in the Dash Are Bigger plus the early switches are wired different I will test it, shubee, thx Any other suggestions how I can place the older knobs? maybe change the switches? or are the holes in the dash also different? Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: beetletom on July 08, 2008, 21:12:32 pm just screw on the early knobs
as they fit fine (maybe the switch threads are longer on us spec cars, due to padded dashs?) Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: wolfswest on July 09, 2008, 07:51:28 am okay, I will search some old used knobs to see how it looks, when it looks fine I will search for a set that I like...
thx for the input. Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: nicolas on July 09, 2008, 08:27:24 am hey call me if you like the older ones, because the 70's have a bigger pin for the wiper swicth as the older ones. i have the same problem with the 67. pre67 is small and one speed and afterwards it was 2 speed and after 67 they were bigger. so 67 is one year only (all on type3's anyway, but i think beelte is similar as i have looked through a lot of switches.) but the empi wooden ones came for early and late models i think so you need to get the right ones. and the 4 flasher light is lit, but that is not an issue as you can put in a regular style. maybe post up some pics to know sizes.
BTW i made my own wooden buttons Title: Re: a little dash knob question Post by: wolfswest on July 09, 2008, 09:54:58 am very interesting... I was also thinking about making it myself but I don't have a clue how... I would do it in aluminium I guess because I don't have any other stuff in wood + I have a monster tach and other autometer 90's style insturments, so wood and this style of autometer is a no go I think... ???
I will pb you nicolas... |