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Bockscar · Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 392 Location: Sandy, Oregon

Hey folks.

In the midst of my resurrection of my poor old 931 I've noticed that several of the very nice interior pieces have bit the dust. The driver's side door panel is gone, there's a nasty rip in the passenger side panel where the speaker goes, the dash is in bad shape (tears, not cracks), and the rear seat padding/foam feels very lumpy.

My question is, how replaceable are these parts? Are there other VW cars of this era that use similar parts? Also, how does one refurbish the rear seats without destroying the foam that is glued under fabric/leather?
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Brian
'79 924 - Restoration In Progress
'81 924 Turbo w/EFI - Scrapped

Joes924Racer · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:38 am Post subject:

Brian. Hey Bud ... take a look on E bay. Most times theres a bevy of interior goodies reasonably priced. Plus1, You posted on the board
so something might show up here thru a pm. Later
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Grenadiers · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:52 am Post subject:

I have a decent set of black door panels from an '81, the ones with the Porsche script. I have a set of 'pasha' door panels in great shape, with a dirty pasha rear seat to match. But, they are in Wisconsin and I'm in Arizona, for a bit~!

I'm also heading down to the local pick and pull this week to look at an '83 944. If it hasn't been torn apart, there might be some door cards available.
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'83 944 Track car.
'88 924S Track car.
'89 944 Turbo
2004 Winnebago Vectra monster RV
2012 Jeep Wrangler
2014 Kia Soul
2001 Ford F350 powerstroke

!tom · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject:

Let me know about the rear seat belts in that 944.
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Grenadiers · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:59 pm Post subject:

Didn't know you needed any, I have a few sets back home with nothing to do! But, I'll check.
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'83 944 Track car.
'88 924S Track car.
'89 944 Turbo
2004 Winnebago Vectra monster RV
2012 Jeep Wrangler
2014 Kia Soul
2001 Ford F350 powerstroke

Bockscar · Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 392 Location: Sandy, Oregon

I'm not in a huge hurry to replace any parts at this point, I'm just gathering information. I'd hate to replace interior pieces only to wreck them again while I'm doing something inside the car trying to get it running again. It sounds like a lot of parts are exchangeable with the 944? What about the Scirocco or Audi 5000? Or even the VW Corrado?
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Brian
'79 924 - Restoration In Progress
'81 924 Turbo w/EFI - Scrapped

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

The early 944's used the same interior parts (with the exception of the trunk carpet as the width is different)

After 1985.5 the 944's changed the center console, dashboard and heater box, but I believe the rest of the parts from the doors back are interchangeable.

944's were built from the 924's, so the underpinnings/interior/chassis are from the 924, just updated slightly to accept the running changes they introduced in the 944.
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Bockscar · Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 392 Location: Sandy, Oregon

Check out what I found at my local junk yard

There's a nearly pristine 70s era 924 at the Pick n Pull off Foster road (for all you Portlanders

)
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Brian
'79 924 - Restoration In Progress
'81 924 Turbo w/EFI - Scrapped

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Nice find.

Seat upholstery kits aren't cheap though:

http://garage.ideola.com/prod-Appearance.html

But if you don't want original, there seems to be no shortage of upholstery shops in SE Portland (seriously it seems there are three things in my area; upholstery, mini-marts and salons. It's a bit bizarre)
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

BTW, the North Portland Pick and Pull (Columbia Blvd.) has an 83 944 in it. In case you need some other parts.

http://www.picknpull.com/check_inventory.aspx?Address=97206&Lat=45.485637&Lng=-122.594626&Make=Porsche&Model=944&Distance=50
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

staticsan · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 450 Location: Sydney, Australia

Bockscar · Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 392 Location: Sandy, Oregon

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Probably could. I've not investigated any of them, but there is one at the bottom of Johnson Creek Rd. that I drive by nearly everyday that I've seen some really nice custom cars/boats go through there. Figure they must know something.

I know that steering wheels can be pretty tricky to do.

Either way it will be a bunch of labor as the material is usually fairly cheap.

Here's some interesting info on interior repair:

http://theinteriorguyllc.com/

http://www.american-stitches.com/
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

Joes924Racer · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:21 am Post subject:

is there alot of car left on the 83 44
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.