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On 30 Jun 2005 at 6:23, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 6/30/05 12:11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > jadney@vwtype3.org writes: > This makes me wonder if someone has replaced your gauges with later gauges. > Gauges from 71-on, including the last year of the grey faces and all of the > black faces, expect a thinner dash by about this amount. Which color are > your gauges? > > Jim, I think you've got that backwards, the 71-on used shorter tensioning > legs, making the 71-on dash thicker in the gauge area. The 70 and earlier cars > used longer tensioning legs that are about 1/4 to 3/8" longer. > My question is... Does the dash he used look like the 71-on or the earlier > cars? Thanks, Bob. You're right; I checked and I had it backwards. It sounds like he must have the right gauges for his car, but that the dash was made to the 71-3 specs. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~