1966 911 Dash Kneepad removal

[usaspeedster]

I have a 1966 with a one piece knee pad. Can anyone advise me if any of the nuts I must remove are underneath the cardboard glove box in that tiny space. Also, there are some round pushpin disks I can see. Do these need to be removes as well. (I am trying to access the stamped number under the radio).

[John912]

Just crawl under there with a light and you'll see what I remember to be four or five nuts holding it on, all easily accessible, I believe a 1/4" 8mm deep socket will do it. Hope the numbers match

[usaspeedster]

Thanks, John

[ptrsbtrs]

I don't think they're s'posed to match?
One is the vin #, the under-dash one is production sequence if I remembers correctedly.
Please post whip me if I'm wrong.

[John912]

On a 66, chassis (VIN) number is provided on plate riveted to front latch panel, metal stamped next to Webasto access panel, metal stamped behind knee pad, and on a plate riveted to left door hinge post, all should match. I'm not sure if Porsche kept track of production sequence number as it was so random.

[ejboyd5]

Whether the numbers "matched," and with which other numbers, and where located, differed upon the year of manufacture and if it were a Porsche or Karmann product.

[davep]

The production # on the dash frame below the radio was also the VIN all the way through 1968. The Karmann # on the tunnel under the access cover was similar but not matching until about 1970. Very early 912 had the Karmann # in the speaker recess on the dash, or was not stamped. The crayon # on the cowl was the production #. Porsche did record the production #'s but I do not have access to them for 1969 model year. No one recorded the Karmann #'s, but I do keep a list .