[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 22 Nov 2001, at 1:36, Steven Ayres wrote: > JimA=> Sounds truly awesome! How much of it is still red? > > I only went for light customizing in redoing the interior. Actually a > fair amount of the original interior was still in fair shape, and I've > preserved it all -- the red '66s are pretty rare. I've recovered my > dash pads and door caps in red vinyl; the carpets are as close to a > match to the original I could get without shelling out for the > probably impossible-to-find square-weave, and what I got was the last > of what Sewfine was able to find. All the other red stuff I've tried > to do more or less as stock apart from grey tweed inserts on the seats > and door panels. I haven't found any red seat-recline knobs yet, > though (mine shattered on the first attempt to turn them). The only > original red parts that you can see are the armrests and the plastic > cover on the back of the ignition switch. It's astonishing that VW went to this much detail and had custom colored parts made for just a few cars. At least the molds were already there, but just organizing all this and getting them to the assembly line together must have been someone's headache. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/