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Originally Posted by McLovin
But the "standard equipment" setup for '87 (and up) was the "partial leather" interior - seating surfaces on front seats (shown as "partial leather seats" on the window sticker), shift knob and boot, and steering wheel in leather, everything else is vinyl..... I think the vast majority of these cars were not special ordered, but were built by porsche, shipped over, and sold off the lot.
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That's what I mean by market variations. There have been years that VWOA/ PCNA/whoever has decreed that we'd get certain "options" as standard. Others might as well have been standard. You almost never see a cloth interior on a US car, simply because nobody ever ordered one. That brings me to...
Most cars were ordered by the sales managers at dealerships. Few customers ordered cars and Porsche never just sent a dealer "something". Sales managers typically didn't load the cars down too heavy with options and almost never went for the wild colors, inside or out.
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Originally Posted by McLovin
I'd go for a matching red leather dash, steering wheel and knee panels, though!
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You wouldn't have wanted a red dash. Too many reflections in the windshield. Ditto for the steering wheel. Red dash lower trim was a possiblity, as was black carpet.
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Originally Posted by darrin
the partial leather on my '86 targa didn't include the shift knob (front seat surfaces, shift boot and steering wheel only)
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In '86, you got a plastic shift knob. Porsche started with the leather knobs when the G50 gearbox came out. It has to do with how the knob attaches to the lever.
JR