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| | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,896 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,896 | Hello folks.
I am curious about something with the instrument clusters in the dashes of the 1960-1966 trucks.
Now, I know the trucks came in different trim levels, base or custom cab. Maybe another one...
My '65 is a base cab, no frills, nothing fancy. The metal part around the instrument cluster in my truck, where all of the switches mount... is painted black, it looks good to me.
I was noticing some other instrument clusters for sale, online... and they were gray, like a brushed aluminum, or maybe it was just painted.
I am curious if this part was different between the trim levels? I've always thought it was black...
Anyway, I'm just curious.
have a good one...
-W | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 248 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 248 | I don't know if there were originally different trim levels or not, but every one that I've ever seen that was still wearing it's original paint was black. Mine happened to be light blue since the PO painted everything in sight that color. It is now black since I repainted it when I upgraded my gauges. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 213 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 213 | I think you guys are right. I would think these were installed after the trucks were painted. So they were probably all the same color black or silver. Mine is painted red like the truck,but I know it was repainted by the PO.
Joe
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | In 66 they were silver/gray to contrast the darker dash that year. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 | I've seen '60-'63 Chevy dashes in junk yards that had silver painted surrounds, and the one in my '62 Suburban had a white surround...the white was carried down the dash to the control knob area on both sides of the steering column.
I've seen pics of other trucks with the white like that.
-Brad
SOUTHERN FALL GABfestOctober 6 ~ Commerce, Georgia Details here!Never Pee on an Electric Fence. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,896 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,896 | 64Fleetside - ah, the first instrument cluster I noticed this on, was out of a '66 truck.
The other one was a rebuilt unit from a '60-'63. Both had the silver/grey look.
-W | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | I have seen some 60-63 using the white, usually a Custom Cab truck, but one was a std cab. It prolly boils down to whatever they had on hand that day. Just about every 63-64 I've seen had a white column, even std cabs-but my burb had a fawn column, the other 2 trucks(one std, one CC) both had white-built @St Louis, the burb was built in Cali. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 21 | My '63 St. Louis std. cab has the white around the cluster carried to the control knobs and a white column. | | |
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