Not the forum for that Steve..but I had intensions on talking about it soon enough on a fresh topic.. We have all for a very long time assumed the dash pad was darker than the paint of the steel dash board because 40 years later they are! ( dash tops need to be discussed though) Well, One guy has popped up with a dash that is bright blue like the upholstry in the area that was hidden under the pillar posts ( I need to remember who and find the pic) Now: more needs to be done but when you consider that the two guys with NOS dash pads ( Gary Bieler and Mike Rossi )that are painted or dyed as Chevy so often did with needed interior parts through the parts dept. you start to get a sense that maybe all of our dash pads have faded darker ( yes...many pieces actually fade darker not just lighter )because both guys dashed are closer to upholstry color ..please correct me if I'm wrong guys as I have not fully thought this through yet..

If this new theory is correct that would mean the reproduction people have had it right the whole time and we've been spinning our wheels because of the color our dashes faded to have betrayed us

Remains to be seen BUT if this proves true... that would make perfect sense and prove my earlier theory that the entire gut of the car was supposed to match very close in color EXCEPT the very low area ( kicks, carpet, door carpet and belts )...

Design wise and visual appeal wise that makes perfect sense and is backed up by the fact that cars with white interiors almost always got black carpets and kick panels and seat belts etc

What was the logic say white interior but the bottom bit darker or black? I would think that would be hotter with the sun beating in with the top down.I have allways wondered about that one!
Da Weave

dirt...and design is my guess.. certainly the kick panels get a good beating and light-bright blue would look aweful very quickly. I think Chevy designers were looking at the interior and dismissing the lower floor area as rough ( for lack of a better word ) the darker it would be the better the rest of the interior looks.. just opinion but I can visuallize those designers spending countless hours trying to get the interior to look " just right " and lets face it.. the damn interior is classic and gorgeous

I very fine fellow just informed me that I need to take into consideration this photo when I speak of the dash pads.. It certainly makes my theory seem not so much

Let me get a new thread started soon on this and find that picture of the other fellows dash...

Personally I think you're all wet! First of all, are you saying that my NOS pad is dyed, or painted? WTF?
Secondly, IMHO I think that the factory tried to get all of it to be bright blue, but what with painted parts, molded parts, upholstered parts, etc. there were too many variables for them to be exact and then the sun beating on a ragtop's parts did some metamorphising(sp) and changed them. Again, only MHO

Take it down a notch Bieler I think Mike Rossi has one that was red and the factory dyed it blue..
Is yours the one thats NOS but bright blue not the darker blue we have been focusing on? If so: post a pic

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Is yours the one thats NOS but bright blue not the darker blue we have been focusing on?

I think that you are thinking of mine with the footprints.

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Does your block have an MW motor (325 hp, I believe)?

I have the L34 "EQ" block, 350hp in mine.

Yes Doug! thank you..

I think that this is about the third time this picture has been put on here.

The flash from the camera brightens it up somewhat.

Another

Thank you Gary.. Now we all know debating colors over the internet is stupid but this dash of yours looks the color of the end of Dougs dash.. I don't have an explaination for that right now.. Damn nice dash though Mr.G

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Originally posted by 67 Indy L34:
When you take your pic's, I would like it if you would try to get one of the fuel line as it comes past the right motor mount on the frame.

Well here's a L-35 Auto, don't know if it will help you or not.

Another:

It's tough to get a good view of it with a camera. Here's one more I think may help.

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Mike , is that recall wire on the correct side of the engine?

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Originally posted by Geoff Smith:
Mike , is that recall wire on the correct side of the engine?

There is one on each side. The driver's side is a bit different and mounts to a little bracket that bolts on the exhaust manifold, not a bolted loop like the pass. side one.

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So you can do burnouts in reverse

Rex has submitted a good amount of the owners page spread sheets Now we have to get him to roll this baby outside for some rear end and trans identification and some full body shots

Nice job Rex and THANX!

Anything new with this baby?

I need to get his stuff up on the site.. but have not heard from him in a while