Early dash question

[kris]

Hi all,

 

What's the circled trim piece?  It is an ashtray or a cubby?  I bought an early 3 piece dash from BMW awhile back and I got my hands on most of the chrome trim but I'm missing whatever goes here.  Any clues, part numbers or pics are appreciated.

 

 

[TobyB]

WAG?

 

Ash tray.

 

Cubbies didn't really show up until the E36...

 

heh

 

RealOEM will be able to tell you for sure, I bet.

 

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Edited May 24, 2017 by TobyB

[AceAndrew]

Ash tray, I've been looking for one for months to no avail.  Still hunting.

 

Good luck with your search.

[Simeon]

It could be a cubby to hide your scotch bottle in. 

[Beaner7102]

Ash tray up to 71 (manual) - 51 16 7 466 065

Ash tray up to 71 (Auto) - 51 16 1 801 675

 

Both NLA, try W&N, they had them a few years back. Beaner7102

[kris]

Ash tray, I've been looking for one for months to no avail.  Still hunting.
 
Good luck with your search.

Going to have a panel fabricated to cover the spot and hide a kill switch.

Thanks for the info.


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[AceAndrew]

I really really like that idea, please let me know how it turns out.

[arminyack]

Yep...that ashtray. I converted my dash from padded to chrome, and had to track down all of this. I lucked out, and a FAQ member sent me a message saying he had all of this stuff when he saw a post of mine looking for it all. What he did have that bears mentioning is the carriage that holds the ashtray. I looked and looked..never found. So I wound up chopping mine down to size, then spot welding it back together. Worked like a charm!

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5 hours ago, kris said:

Going to have a panel fabricated to cover the spot and hide an ejector switch.

Thanks for the info.


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Fixed that for you. 

[kris]

Found a pic of this early style of ashtray on google images




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