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« on: November 16, 2007, 05:02:40 am »

now that many are starting topics of their own about many many things, i figured... i might as well be part of the queue!

what's everyone's view on consoles!
i realize you don't really see them very often, but still i think they're pretty 70s - as in the history of cal-look...
ideally, i'd put some gauges in there and make it look really sleek, but i have no idea of the looks of it back then.

does anyone?
feel free to post pics!
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2007, 05:15:00 am »

I hate the VWOA console in my GTV... although I do use it a lot!!! I really want an EMPI one Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2007, 12:06:37 pm »

you use it for stacking your stacks?  Grin
do you have a pic of the empi console?
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2007, 12:17:31 pm »

Never liked that woody look, Grin

As i like the 80's kinda callook i would like my dash all welded shut and then an array of VDO Cockpit gauges in it.
The only nojn VDO item would be the Monster tach from Autometer with shiftlight Grin
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2007, 12:21:35 pm »

 Wink kamei made then for empi
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2007, 13:11:48 pm »

I always thought consoles for bugs were ugly. I have yet to see one that does not look like a bad afterthought.

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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2007, 16:43:44 pm »

Yep, thats the one I want. With speaker, of course Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2007, 16:45:48 pm »

cool!
i definitely wanna have the one of the picture on the box!!

fabs, are these yours? if so;
1 - lucky bastard  Wink
2 - could you take a better photo of that picture on the box?
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« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2007, 16:46:58 pm »

zach; http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=527943

doesn't look that bad either...
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« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2007, 16:54:31 pm »

Thanks, but it might as well be a million dollars. Im broke!!  Sad Grin
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« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2007, 18:25:27 pm »

cool!
i definitely wanna have the one of the picture on the box!!

fabs, are these yours? if so;
1 - lucky bastard  Wink
2 - could you take a better photo of that picture on the box?
no those are from david mayes http://www.amayesing.com/
i don't like the console for vw sorry buddy , but that's not the parts i want to spent my money on  Grin
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« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2007, 18:49:38 pm »

I had one of those black flimsy plastic things with the wood wallpaper in my '67 when I got it from previous owner. I hated it. Looked awful, interfered with my right foot. Remember those gawd awful velour Scat consoles of the 80's. To me the VW cabin is already cramped enough. Why make it worse? We used to sell a ton of those Scat things at BH back in the day. the owner's son had one in his ivory Cal Look squareback.

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« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2007, 22:21:21 pm »


That one was for a type 3, won't fit a type 1.
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« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2007, 14:10:36 pm »

After two years , i found two empi/kamei console for my 68gtv 2 weeks ago. One is with four holes to install gauges and the second is the same like in the picture , without speaker and i paid around $150 for each . this console is really the final part for the gtv interior Wink
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« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2007, 15:20:43 pm »


That one was for a type 3, won't fit a type 1.

and where does that go? under the dashboard in place of the original location of the radio? if it does that is quite ugly! besides with that speaker, you might as well look for an original one and have that installed that would give the same sound.
i don't really like them, but i do have a parceltray and i must say i am glad to have some extra place to put papers and stuff.

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