Same Crash Pad for +2 and Europa Twin Cam?

PostPost by: JGeezer » Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:49 pm

I believe I read this, and need to be 100% sure!
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PostPost by: theelanman » Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:55 am

not as far as Im aware........ :shock:
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PostPost by: JGeezer » Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:43 pm

theelanman wrote:not as far as Im aware........ :shock:


So far, I have this "no", some old posts saying they think so, an old post saying yes but the demist vents are not in the same place ....

Sigh.
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PostPost by: theelanman » Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:14 pm

I also don't believe that the curve to the ends of the dash is the same.....
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PostPost by: Gordon Sauer » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:00 pm

Configuration is generally the same but it's not wide enough. You're about an inch shy from the pillars and also it doesn't come down enough at the edges to go along the edge of the wood ? to where it would butt with the underdash fittings. I had one recovered before checking its exact fit and it just won't work. Gordon Sauer
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PostPost by: JGeezer » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:07 pm

Gordon Sauer wrote:Configuration is generally the same but it's not wide enough. You're about an inch shy from the pillars and also it doesn't come down enough at the edges to go along the edge of the wood ? to where it would butt with the underdash fittings. I had one recovered before checking its exact fit and it just won't work. Gordon Sauer


Rats, that looks pretty definitive. Given that I have no pad at all, I'll have to decide if a clean Europa core is a good starting point for fabrication.

Thanks very much for the solid answer, I was about to take the plunge on one but now I don't think I will.

Thanks again!
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PostPost by: Gordon Sauer » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:23 pm

Well and you can see the center section is just right so actually I'm going to make some molds of an ABS one that I have which I don't want to use because it actually seems too bulky, and make the ends work. Just some reworking of the ends I think could make a Europa dash very doable and that's what I'm going to try and do. Gordon Sauer
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