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Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:39 am Post subject: Custom center console

Here it is its taller and will hold 3 2" white faced
mechanical gauges oil, water & volts the gauges
were 60 bucks and you can put different colored
bulbs in for a different colored gauge face. They
have a big thick aluminum gauge bezel too.

The big box thing is just an arm rest it will hold
a battery cut off switch its 3 3/4 " inches tall Ill
cut it down on the table saw if there's room its gonna
be a hinged lid. The whole console will be blue
the dash a solid black even the vents .. the
door speakers are coming out and Ill put a panel over
the whole area cut to the door panel size I may even just
cut off that whole corner of the door panel & tuck the
vinyl under the panel I make.

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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

JB 924 · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 606 Location: Hessen, Germany

Cool. You're gonna fibreglass it?

924guy · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:19 am Post subject:

If your not careful, your car is going to end up looking like this Joe:

just kidding , i like your ideas. Id love to see a more curvy console, but that shifter makes that nearly impossible without creating some sort of complex relocation linkage.. oh well..
looking forward to seeing the finished product..
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81turbo · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 1065 Location: Oakland, CA

There goes all your weight savings.

endwrench · Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 1631 Location: Victor, Montana

Impressive looking Joe! Where you a cabinet maker in a former life? Your very good with wood. I could probably do something like that eventually but it would take me 3 tries, 2 weeks and 1 good drunk

Todd
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'79 924NA. Rebuilt 9.5:1, MSDS header, Mega Squirt Injection, MJLJ-EDIS Ignition, 1.6L Whipple Charger and Intercooler, 10lbs Boost, 944 Trans, Custom HD Clutch.
"simsport" said....superchargers are better than turbos its official!....

Joes924Racer · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject:

I'm so glad to be getting it done today I readied all the inside
for color just about have the console ready for primer
right now
I'm finishing up on a whole taillight cover or valance that runs across the whole back end its a completely removable 3 piece creation .. I'm gonna end up with Led brake lights for sure in back.. maybe ll the lights
will be Led units ..lol walmart has them for for cheap there sealed units
Ill modify the brake light housing and the metal bulb holder .. Got
some butyl rope for sealing the light housing to body so it wont leak

Got a lot to do this weekend from painting all this stuff I built taking out the dash and repairing it I'm sealing the glove box door .. plus have a vent crack to fix then its on to installing the stereo system building the speaker cabinets & tops..installing gauges in center console I still need to finish the hood install hood scoop .. "OH" I'm installing one door solenoid in
the drivers door.. they have lots of trunk kits on eBay that will work.
Also nee to try to cut a round
hole 2 of them in my bumper for concealed round lights like smoothies did get rear rims chrome removed &
]shoot candy coated clear coat on the outside ... Hopefully be about done
the end of the first week of march.

Busy weekend .. for sure going shopping friday for supplies and goodies
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:14 am Post subject:

filling sanding and priming then repeating ...
Ive made the guage housing and a stand for
the reciever.. Also cut down the box looking
arm rest thingy behind the shifter to 2 1/4"
instead of 4 1/2"... Should spray some colr
on everthing on thursday...
maybe have pics on friday.....
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject:

There's so much detail to get right .. takes awhile
seems silly doing though a guys got to remember that he wants it right
and that's quality. So I went to get the gauges What they had was just a model I had to order.I ended up
paying for them & I can go get them tomorrow at noon. Soo
I promise to have a pic of the console in color with the gauges
and the stereo receiver in place. I have to pull the dash before
I install this console though.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Joes924Racer · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:03 am Post subject:

I still have to clear coat it throw some pearl in there too
when I do.

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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

arx · Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 129 Location: Estonia, Tallinn

Joes924Racer · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

Ooh
Finally got my backlit 2" backlit performance guages from iEquus
today yea baby these things are hot.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Joes924Racer · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:27 am Post subject:

Its really becoming a thing of beauty isnt it.. hoo hooo
watch the excitement meter. The tail light covers are the blue things
on the right in the 1st pic.

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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

Just for macdog cause he built a mean center console out of
metal. I built one too.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

macBdog · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:09 am Post subject:

968rz · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 537 Location: S. E. Wisconsin

Cool as always Joe.
what's going on with the vents, looks like the gauges are in the way?
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79 924 coupe Petrol Blue 3spd auto (wife's DD)
93 968 coupe Amazon Green 4spd Tip (my DD)