I would like to see what others have done as far as building or installing some type of console from under the dash to the center tunnel. It could be for anything such as a stereo, storage, or cup holders etc. If you could include a photo, whether you made it yourself, bought it online, or had someone make it for you. If you had someone make it for you what type of business was it that made it for you?
I've included a photo of something similar installed in a VW as reference. Thanks.
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Speedster 
console
Robert, I've always thought a console - no matter how well-made - somehow seemed wrong in a Speedster. But still, you need SOMETHING for sunglasses, garage door opener, and the odd bits.
When I got my car, I put in this simple wooden 'non-console' box from Ikea 'temporarily' until I could think of something better. It's held to the carpet with velcro strips on the bottom. It came with a lid, which looks a whole lot better, but it was always in the way.
Well, three years later...
Robert:
If you plan on redoing your interior may i suggest you put pockets in like the originals have.. they
work great ad store a lot of stuff
tebs
I had one and took it out. I like the free space but it did have a nice compartment for papers etc and it held additional gauges that I no longer needed...It was close to the very first picture you posted.
I'll try and find a picture.
Yes Art I had that console in my 1973 2.0L 4 914. Very attractive. Don't think the 1.8L cars had the console. Sport edition cars also got the aluminum alloy 4 lug fuchs. I really miss that car.
Does anyone think that a "package tray" like we see under the dash in a VW would work? Iv'e been thinking about building one for myself using a Teak frame and real rattan for the center field area..........Bruce
art posted:914's have an optional console.
Now that I see this, mine had to of been from a 914. Different gauge set up but basicall identical...
aircooled posted:Does anyone think that a "package tray" like we see under the dash in a VW would work? Iv'e been thinking about building one for myself using a Teak frame and real rattan for the center field area..........Bruce
I think that would be a handy addition (instead of console) and kinda out of the way.
If thought about the tray myself and like the idea...
I had a wicker package tray in my '57 Oval. Loved it and have often thought it might be nice to have one in Pearl.
Back then, after riding around for a week or so in the Oval and tossing God-knows-what up on there, I would inevitably find someone to race at a stop light and when I launched, all that stuff came flying back to haunt me (and any passengers, too).
There should be a warning label:
"WARNING! Do not launch when tray is Full!"
^ I don't think you can launch a 1200cc cranking out 36HP! More like lurch forward... 
MusbJim posted:^ I don't think you can launch a 1200cc cranking out 36HP! More like lurch forward...
Someone buy the wicker thing and let us know if it fits ~
Too true......But you CAN launch a built, 2,110 with that stock, stump-pulling first gear.
You guys didn't actually think I had a 1,196cc in there, did'yah? Used to be a terror between stop lights on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA in the late '60's
Unfortunately, the brakes were bone stock and were good for one semi-decent stop every 30 minutes or so.....
Simple VW console with matching shift boot. Gives something to rest the leg against too. I have thought about Alan's approach in his first photo with a foam underlay and stitched vinyl covering. Just not sure wether it should match the upholstery or the carpet. Late winter project......
"Unfortunately, the brakes were bone stock and were good for one semi-decent stop every 30 minutes or so....."
Having driven Beetles as my main transportation for close to 15 years I find that statement so on the mark, Gordon!
Ghia discs and either rear type 3 drums or discs make anything VW based just that much safer.
For $35 from CIP1 these ABS ones aren't too bad. Could always spray paint to match interior color.
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDe...Code=VWC-113-042-064
MusbJim posted:^ I don't think you can launch a 1200cc cranking out 36HP! More like lurch forward...
More of an 'amble' or... mosey.
You could also try this...easy to remove when you don't need it!
Mr Teby S, your interior trim there looks really nice, and the side pockets neat as a pin. I have pockets worked on the door panels, and these are fine for all the normal shyt you need, plus my front lic plate which i refuse to mount on the car: sunscreen, registration, E-Z pass, tire pressure gage, insurance card, gar door opener, church key, and log book, + . . . Wassamater youse guys you need a console too? I'll admit that a cup holder would be nice.
Gordon......I use that West Marine cup holder mounted on the right side of my hump. I had to make a "wedge" out of wood in order to mount it so it's level. That hump is not vertical so a wedge is needed......Bruce
I just put them in the lower forward corner of the doors.
Work great.
This looks like it might be a good fir. From Moore Parts
Sorry, but those plastic consoles off the shelf look so cheesy...
That's because they haven't gotten the tuck and roll Job from Tijuana
Gordo, so I'm no longer Mexican, but Italian?? Buffangoo - or whatever.
Meanwhile, I have a plan to hit West Marine to get a spare clutch cable made up, and I;ll look these over. Txs.
Very nice look.
Alan,
I believe Joel Abraham put a shelf in his Speedster. Maybe he could describe how he did it.
Bruce
