SC Coupe Restoration

[tperazzo]

Thank you Bruce! The welding never ends....

Upon closer examination, The hole in John's dash and mine aren't in the exact same spot also suggesting that these holes are non-original.

Tom

[bbspdstr]

The C owner's manual is vague, but this picture shows no added hole between the rectangular sunroof hole and the steering mounting under the dash of a C.



I use the brace under the steering for mounting (discreetly) a momentary switch for a supplemental electric fuel pump for priming/bowl filling or back-up, but the earlier models did have an accessory socket for various uses such as a shaver, a spotlight, etc. Then again, those didn't have an electric sunroof requiring a switch.

Tom, a vintage best guess for a vintage reason for the hole under your dash would be for an unoriginal fog light switch.

-Bruce

[tperazzo]

Dash hole is now plugged. Thanks again to all who responded.




What is the hole to the right of the rectangular one for? It appears like it was drilled poorly. John's car has it but this one from Willhoit's site does not.





Thanks,
Tom

[tperazzo]

Thanks Jack, that was an interesting and sluethy post. As it turns out my clock is centered unlike yours and my COA doesn't indicate anything special. Looks like I will need to weld this left most hole closed. On the bright side it's two less "jewelry" items I need to buy.
Thanks as always,
Tom

[Jack Staggs]

On "C" cars with factory fit optional dash configuration, to accommodate the outside or inside/outside thermometer, that hole would be in place on cars that also came with optional Hella 128 fog lights. My car has said dash. Here is a partial picture, showing where the thermometer would have been fitted. I substituted it for a oil pressure gauge.
http://www.abcgt.com/forum/4-356-Forum/13843-356-Cockpits.html?limit=6&start=96#19477
As you can see, the headlight switch is centered in the dash where the clock would normally be installed. To the left of the headlight switch, out of view, the clock resides, so nowhere to fit the fog switch when needed. It went to the left of the ignition switch on cars with both options, just like the hole in question. Dealer installed thermometers were fitted behind the passenger grab handle on the far right of the dash, with the fog switch installed in the normal location, to the right of the clock.
When town/county horns, and rally lights were fitted, things get more interesting. My friend Mike Allen has such a car, with the thermometer mounted at the far right (for monitoring by the co-pilot to check for ice), and additional fog type switches installed to control the horn/rally lights mounted above and to either side of the tachometer, in locations that mimic " B" headlight switch and hand throttle positions. This car was campaigned in the "Tour De Europe" when brand new. I couldn't swear that all of these mods were done at the factory, but most of it appears to have been so.

[foamcar]

Tom
Foam Car has a hole there that is definitely not factory. Someone punched a hole there for an electric fuel pump switch, which I just recently removed. Will have to fill it in.

Phil

[bbspdstr]

Consensus says:

[John Pierce]

I don't have it on my car and I have not seen it on other dashes.









HTH.

JP

[tperazzo]

Can someone confirm that the left hole on my dash board is not factory?



Thanks,
Tom

[foamcar]

I did not buy a Reutter on purpose, but glad I don't have to go back and add all those plugs. Looks great Tom. Keep at it.
Phil

[John Pierce]

Tom,

I think you've hit all the Karmann details. It looks great.

As you said: they definitely would've been easier to install before the pan installation. It's tough working in confined quarters.


John

[tperazzo]

Thanks all for the window trim advice.
I'm still fine tuning small details here and there as time allows. Here's a few pictures of additional Karmann floor plugs in the battery box area. Thanks to John and Bruce for researching these further. My original floor pan was unrecognizable and if I had known earlier it would have been easier to install these plugs before the battery floor was welded in.
















The pre paint list is getting shorter albeit slowly.

Tom

[foamcar]

Tom
I have the frame and w/s installed on Foam Car's drivers door(which has no mirror holes so your research will be useful to me). Here are 2 pics showing the angle. The second one shows better how the frame butts to the w/s.





Phil

[JTR70]

Oh, that's right, I forgot all about that damn vent wing. I better stick to T1 stuff.

[Jack Staggs]

Door top strips on doors with vent window can not be can not be switched left to right, as the mounting flange is cut away at the front to accommodate the mechanism.