Original replica RHD dash, another one!

Rich&Em

Hi folks

Did this miracle item happen? Commercial details?

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Otto1969 · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 1:18 am Post subject:

Sure is.

PM John. You'll need to send him the plastic rings from your old dash.

68notch · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 1:34 am Post subject:

It's all go.

I have made five so far with the first two going in the bin and three shipped but they are better with each one we make. 95%

As others mention I need to collect the plastic gauge ring inserts from an old dash as these get recycled into the new ones.

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Brent · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 4:25 am Post subject:

Hey John, killer job you're doing there!

...and if you ever get into the LHD business, count me in.
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MonT3 · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 7:08 am Post subject:

^^ me too! That dash looks awesome!
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Rich&Em · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 1:02 pm Post subject:

Do you ahve enough rings for another one?
How much?
How mcuh to send to Auckland, NEw Zdealand?

Many thanks
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Otto1969 · Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 1:59 am Post subject:

Hey Rich,

There is a squareback being wrecked in Wanganui. Its left hook and the dash has seen better days. Brent has the car on TM so see if he'll sell you the rings.

68notch · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:37 pm Post subject:

Pulled the first pigalle dash pad ( number 8 so far) from the moulds and it looks great.

With the different colour this highlights the original plastic ring inserts.

The handle in the picture is a NOS pigalle handle supplied by the customer.

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vlad01 · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:23 pm Post subject:

hell of a nice job there!
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squaretobehip · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:32 pm Post subject:

Man that's beautiful. Nice job.
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MonT3 · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:00 pm Post subject:

W-O-W!!

That's is way cool! I'm sure the RHD Pigalle owners will be over the moon with those. When the LHDs come available, It'll be a welcome piece for them as well. BUT what would be cool would be to create a teaser Yeti dash - an AZURE! Laughing

Congrats on your skills. Look forward to seeing more on these dashes.
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Erik G · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:49 pm Post subject:

Nice.

A Pigalle would have been 66 only, and would have had full speaker holes, not the center part un-drilled. Other than that, looks fantastic and I would rock it in a heart beat

paulpooted · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:59 am Post subject:

Good grief someone get this man a LHD wraparound dash already!
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68vwfasty · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:53 am Post subject:

Product looks great. High quality. Very original.

In all seriousness 68notch, you have a decent market demand for LHD. It seems to me it would be worth your while to purchase a really good LHD dash and start making these. I have already bought the RetroVan dash and it works for me now but if the price was reasonable I would buy one from you in a flash and I am pretty sure you could sell quite a few more.

If your not considering going into the LHD business maybe you could work with someone who is willling to and you could help them get started.

Maybe we could get a poll going on how many people would want to buy these (similar to the Tachometer survery) to see if it is worthwhile.

Erik G · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 11:16 am Post subject:

as stated before though, it's not just "buy a really good LHD dash" There are 3 variations on the early ones alone

I have a good old school re-pop dash that I guess was available for some time. It was sold to me as genuine, but it's not. It's good but not perfect, It's a 67-69 copy. 66 is the same except it's got the speaker grill completely drilled out, no space in the middle like the one above. This is the same for the early N cars, (except maybe not the chrome strip??) The final would be the early wraparound dashes, full speaker holes, but "spock" ears on the corners.

and thats just the early ones, I can't speak to the late ones at all

In my mind, whomever created the early re-pop I have, did it right. Non wraparound, seperation in the speaker grills. they can always be drilled for early cars. It fits more cars than anything else.

ataraxia · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:13 pm Post subject:

The people who are most likely to pay for a quality repop want the wrap around dash, IMO. Just look at the prices when the wrap dashes show up in the classifieds as a validation point.

Although, to your point, the left-hand version of what is currently being made would satisfy the largest group of people but would still leave a gap.

I have two early cars and would not put an incorrect dash on them.

There are 6 versions listed in the parts book, btw.

68vwfasty · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:47 pm Post subject:

Yes, I understand there are several versions. That is why I suggested if anyone (68notch) is interested they should create a poll to see what demand is out there for the various versions. To see if it is worthwhile (like any business decision). Same as done for the Tachometer.
Many of us would jump at that type of dash even if it were not 100% correct IMHO. It will be difficult to please everyone.

Erik G · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:58 pm Post subject:

68vwfasty · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:43 pm Post subject:

Erik and Ataraxia,

I was just trying to encourage 68Notch to look into expanding into the LHD market or help someone else.
Coming from a manufacturing background, the key is creating the molds. Once the molds are made the process of making the dashes should be essentially the same. What 68Notch needs is masters (good dashes) to create the molds.
I don't know if 68Notch wants to be in the business of making dashes. Only he can answer that. If not, maybe he would be willing to share his process with someone who is.
68Notch, do you want to expand what you are doing to LHD? Even if it might require procuring masters?


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