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I've done it few times but it HAS been a few years. There isn't much to it. The console will mount in very easily but there are a couple of slight differences that will not make it perfect. The bottom of the earlier dashboards do not have the recession for the top of the front console section where they meet and the gear selector housing is rounded at the front so......
-The most important thing that I sometimes forget is to remove the threaded insert (22) from the recession behind the ashtray in the donor car. (it's the only thing that holds the top of the front section to the dash. A 10mm bolt (8) threads into it behind the new ashtray.
Nothing mounts to the firewall. The carpeted box has a metal bracket (12) on the back that keeps it centered but it just straddles the center hump. The knee bolster doesn't come into play at all.
Drill out the (4 IIRC) rivets that hold the old ashtray bracket to the dash in the recipient. This the only part that will require drilling.
Now screw the "all important" threaded stud (22) into the threaded hole behind where that bracket was. I know the hole is there in the old cars but I don't seem to remember anything being there other than the ashtray light.
Put the carpeted box (1) in place and then the face section (2). It is easiest if you remove the four screws holding the ashtray bracket to the face section but it can be done either way.
I've never drilled holes in the center hump for the bracket (9) below the face section but I suppose you could. Instead I omit the bracket and just use the natural force of the foam bellows piece (5) to keep the center console forced back against the carpet box.
Sorry my description contains parts like carpet box and face section but Saab doesn't do any better with "framework" (carpet box) and front section (face section).
Here's a blowup below of what is there.
Ask me if you have any questions. My '81 and '84 both have center consoles in them that are not original so I can go look if needed.
Ryan Goldade
Portland OR
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