It seems that all Vintage speedsters I have seen do not have the horizontal (covered in matching material) dash pieces to the left and right of the eyebrow piece. Is there a specific reason for this.
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Originally Posted by michel:
It seems that all Vintage speedsters I have seen do not have the horizontal (covered in matching material) dash pieces to the left and right of the eyebrow piece. Is there a specific reason for this.
What exactly are you referring to? I have matching leather on both sides On my VS.
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Steven, I'm talking about the 2"(approx) piece that sits proud of the regular dash as on the original speedster dash just above the chrome strip.as on your car
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I found this picture that shows better what Michel is taking about.
http://www.stoddard.com/media/...ategory/IMG_1520.jpg
Yep, that's it. Thanks Jeffrey! Just wondering why VS does not do this without having to call Kirk.
My CMC has them install I like the look, but that's just me.
Originally Posted by michel:
It seems that all Vintage speedsters I have seen do not have the horizontal (covered in matching material) dash pieces to the left and right of the eyebrow piece. Is there a specific reason for this.
Because "Time is money", it takes time to achieve this horizontal part.
I've just finished mine 
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Very nice!Originally Posted by Benoit 1976 Intermeccanica France:
Originally Posted by michel:
It seems that all Vintage speedsters I have seen do not have the horizontal (covered in matching material) dash pieces to the left and right of the eyebrow piece. Is there a specific reason for this.
Because "Time is money", it takes time to achieve this horizontal part.
I've just finished mine
The CMC bumpers are made of some sort of closed cell, black rubber stuff. They appear to be poured into a mold to form them. They come more-or-less pre-bent to the shape of the dash. I hold mine on by drilling holes through them and then imbed a wingnut into the cockpit side of the rubber so I can then feed a screw into it from behind the dash and that combination holds them on nicely, plus they are removeable.
Also, the rubber material is just solid enough to allow you to stretch the vinyl cover over it and around the back, and then just staple the material right to the rubber.
2'nd also, I cut a 2"-3" wide strip of the vinyl cover material long enough to span the dash, fold it in half lengthwise, place a 1/8"-3/16" piece of upholstery cord in the crease and then sew it along the cord to make a piece of dash welting. THAT piece gets inserted along the top of the bumpers and across the gauge eyebrow to dress it all off.
I also found a piece of stick-on wheel well trim (meant to be affixed right along the edge of the wheel well on the outside) that I placed just below the finished bumpers to dress of the bottom as Porsche did.
Yeah. What Gordon said. Its a stiff rubberized material. I just drilled a series of holes in the dash and screwed a screw in from behind and it holds just fine. You could even use a drywall screw. All of the real Speedsters Ive seen at shows have a much thinner 'folded' look to them instead of a more rounded look. I'm sure you could create the same look with a strip of something thinner (foam maybe) wrapped with matching material then glued around back then screwed down. Gordon's idea of making a trim strip is pretty cool.
