My favorite dashboard

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 10/22/2017 at 17:04 • Filed to: None

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Classic Audi 100/200. When that day comes when I build my custom Vanagon Westfalia, this is the dashboard I want to install. To keep things period correct, I still have a NIB stalk-mount Blaupunkt SQM-88 to go into this car.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/22/2017 at 17:24

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This was interesting to see. I drove a ‘78 Audi 100 when I lived in Germany: 4-cyl, 95 PS and a 4-speed manual. Base model, totally plain Jane. Drove it many miles. Great car. They were importing those to the US as the Audi 5000 with TONNES of added-on crap and the 5-cylinder engine, and many electrical problems. What year is the dash you posted?

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/22/2017 at 17:32

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I get the feeling that your future dashboard install will have more mayhem involved than a season of Game of Thrones...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/22/2017 at 17:39

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I think that’s one the facelifted C3 model, after they changed the name in the US. I believe that would put it at around 1987-1990 or thereabouts.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 10/22/2017 at 17:45

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Nah, it should be fairly simple analog wiring, especially with all the parts coming from essentially the same manufacturer. No CANBUS, no biodegradable wiring. You want to read about problems? Just read this article about how C&D tried to make a Mazdaspeed5, something that should have been relatively straightforward: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/return-of-the-boss-wagon-mazdaspeed-5

XJDano > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/22/2017 at 17:50

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I need to hit up some junkyards again.

fhrblig > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/22/2017 at 17:55

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I have two favorites.

First is the Saab 9000.

So slabby. Mmmm.

Second (and a weirder choice) is the first Mitsubishi Outlander.

I can’t explain it, but there’s something about it that I really like.

Steve in Manhattan > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/22/2017 at 19:08

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For me, the dash on my ‘87 300D was the most sensible, followed in close second by my ‘91 CRX Si - a marvel of simplicity.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Steve in Manhattan 10/22/2017 at 19:20

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I love the old dashboards that had a pod of instruments above everything else:

punkgoose17 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/22/2017 at 20:24

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I really like the Audi dash you posted.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > punkgoose17 10/22/2017 at 20:38

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The newer one in my original post, or the earlier one in the follow-up post?

punkgoose17 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/22/2017 at 22:35

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The one in the follow up. I love the lines that go staight across the dash with the vents.