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$75 & free shipping EBAY, OEM ..................Why would you buy reproduction made in CHINA junk ???
I saw that on ebay having searched earlier. But the pictures are poor...I mean, what camera even takes such low res pictures anymore? Plus I have Power Windows.
Why? Because my original became so brittle it disintegrated. Another 55 year old original might be just as brittle.
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Originally Posted by split63
I saw that on ebay having searched earlier. But the pictures are poor...I mean, what camera even takes such low res pictures anymore? Plus I have Power Windows.
Why? Because my original became so brittle it disintegrated. Another 55 year old original might be just as brittle.
I'd keep looking, Maybe Corvettes @ Carlisle, or post here in the parts / for sale wanted section etc.....Maybe yours was exposed to a an extreme amount of sun & heat ( in TEXAS) etc making it brittle ? Mine is almost 58 years old with no issues. You will regret not trying your hardest to find an oem / nos part vs made in CHINA SHYT !!!
I always agree on finding an OEM piece. I never lifted up the aftermarket arm rest pad on the '71 I just bought; sure enough, the console was cracked...likely from a sharp elbow well-placed many times in the past. I found an OEM piece on eBay that needed to recolored...but the grain was completely wrong by a wide margin. I then elected to go for an aftermarket console and it turns out that it is not cheap Chinese stuff. It is far more solid plastic than the original fiberglass with the correct grain, mounting bolts for the handbrake trim and rear mount. I got it from Corvette Pacifica. I recolored it to Dark Saddle and I'm really pleased...
Originally Posted by 427SIXPACK
I'd keep looking, Maybe Corvettes @ Carlisle, or post here in the parts / for sale wanted section etc.....Maybe yours was exposed to a an extreme amount of sun & heat ( in TEXAS) etc making it brittle ? Mine is almost 58 years old with no issues. You will regret not trying your hardest to find an oem / nos part vs made in CHINA SHYT !!!
I just went thru this for my 68 with power windows.
I ended up buying from Corvette Pacifica. Very high quality.
I tried 3x with Al Knoch. The power window switch cutouts were so far off it looked like Stevie Wonder did it.
Here is the first one from AK…..
Here is the 3rd one from AK which took 5 months to get!
And then finally the Corvette Pacifica console which fit perfect.
I find myself ordering more and more from CP. prices are good, quality good, just a wonky website that’s hard to navigate.
Lastly, I’ll add that a couple of years ago I bought a saddle brake console for my 69 with power windows from AK and it was beautiful. But they actually covered it in vinyl and it looked very nice. They obviously have a new guy doing the cutouts for the power windows.
The one mentioned above from Corvette Pacifica is actually made by them, or more correctly Pacifica's wholesale division, EC Products. From my experience the fit of the one from EC is pretty good. It is made out of a softer plastic than the hard off-white brittle plastic the original ones were made from so they are less likely to crack when you lean on them, but this softer material bothers some people interested in NCRS judging. If I remember correctly, the EC parking brake covers sometimes have 4 very light sink holes on the top where the 4 bosses for the studs to attach the reinforcement to the underside of the cover are.
Keen Parts also makes a parking brake console. Unlike the the one from EC products, Keen's is made from a more rigid material so it is more like the original cover in feel, but is not brittle and prone to cracking like the original covers.
Personally I prefer the Keen cover. The Keen cover used to be about $10 more expensive, but they both appear to be about the same price now which to me makes the Keen one a slightly better choice.
The one mentioned above from Corvette Pacifica is actually made by them, or more correctly Pacifica's wholesale division, EC Products.
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Keen Parts also makes a parking brake console.
Excellent information! I just assumed everyone was selling the same console.
