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Subject:Re: Deluxe dash console
From:Mike Collum
Date:Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:02:37 -0400

Thanks, Jaap.

I'd really like to see the photos even though I would be installing one
on a padded dash.

Mike

Jaap Nauta wrote:
> I installed it some weeks ago, on a non-padded dash. Takes quit some
> work to get the edges in the right shape for a nice fit.
> After that I used a piece of ply-wood (12mm) and made it the same size
> as the console. The plywood is mounted to the dash, and the console
> mounts to the plywood with M4 bolts, so I can remove it easily.
> I used 6 bolts, three in the back, three in the front: two in the hinges
> of the table, and one extra in the left cup-holder. It really stable
> now, no vibrations.
> I'll take some pictures soon.
>
> Jaap
> '87 Caravelle Diesel
>
>
>
> Bob Stevens wrote:
>
>> thank you!! been looking for a cup holder to replace the broken one on my
>> Passat and they have the perfect replacement.
>> Nice Vanagon dash console. They're out of stock but that seems like a
>> reasonable price and is modifiable to fit later model year Van dash's.
>> bob
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:12 AM
>> Subject: Re: Deluxe dash console
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> At 07:58 AM 4/10/2005, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Who has installed a deluxe dash console ... the one that runs from the
>>>> instrument cluster to the dash vent, has cup holders and a fold out map
>>>> table?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Like the one they sell at Eurocampers.com? I'm going to install one
>>> today.
>>> Do you have the padded dash, or the non-padded?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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