resto_d1

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Hi all

Could I ask for a favour if someone please in that they measure the plastic edge of the d2 shifter surround where it meets the centre console? Thanks!
 
This is an auto shifter surround for a D2 I believe, so the usual L & W & H and maybe the circumference ? 馃槉
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Sorry it didn鈥檛 notify me of responses. Just length and width at widest points of please. Even better if of the trim itself. I have the walnut window switches but the d1 full wood centre console trim is hens teeth - not sure if it was yank only. I want to see how much out the shifter is on the d2 one. If it鈥檚 not miles out, I鈥檒l be able to use without a re-veneer but if it鈥檚 a way out I鈥檇 have to modify and re-veneer
 
If you want it that bad why not just buy a piece of walnut veneered timber, maybe even MDF veneered and cut it to size?
I got a walnut veneered dashboard blank for a kit car and then cut it and shaped it to fit the instruments and switches I had obtained then shaped it to take the steering wheel column and the interior so it was mostly curves. For a 1930s SS jaguar lookalike. Funnily the originals had painted metal!
 
Done that for some bits mate, just don鈥檛 trust myself getting the right curve which is why worst comes to worst I鈥檇 use a d2 one, add/remove material then veneer over the top.
 
If you want it that bad why not just buy a piece of walnut veneered timber, maybe even MDF veneered and cut it to size?
I got a walnut veneered dashboard blank for a kit car and then cut it and shaped it to fit the instruments and switches I had obtained then shaped it to take the steering wheel column and the interior so it was mostly curves. For a 1930s SS jaguar lookalike. Funnily the originals had painted metal!
This is as far as I鈥檝e got - all these bits have had to have fresh walnut burl.
I know it鈥檚 an acquired taste but I love wood trim in an older car!!
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This is as far as I鈥檝e got - all these bits have had to have fresh walnut burl.
I know it鈥檚 an acquired taste but I love wood trim in an older car!!
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Me too, I do kit cars that look like 1930s cars and they all have wooden dash's, door caps, gearlever knobs etc. They can be a lot of work though and maintenance is something lots of peeps couldn't be bothered with.
 
Me too, I do kit cars that look like 1930s cars and they all have wooden dash's, door caps, gearlever knobs etc. They can be a lot of work though and maintenance is something lots of peeps couldn't be bothered with.
I鈥檓 fond of it in German 80s/90s barges too. Fully specced out 5 and 7 series with the walnut trim looks the nuts imo but a lot of people hate it.
 

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