63 Radio and Heater bezel colour?

[David S.]

Hi. I am in the process of repainting the gauge panel in my '63 (thanks to the many who have offered solutions and advice), but have a question I cannot find an answer to. While painting silver on the dash gauge and switch bezels - do the radio and heater switch bezels get the silver treatment as well? I have tried to determine this from images, but am not 100% sure of what I am seeing. It would seem obvious that they would be painted along with all the other bezels (including the clock), but many seem to appear left in chrome. Anyone with a clear image or an untouched car?
p.s. My car was void of the silver already when I purchased it in '77..

Dave

[Richard M.]

Re: 63 Radio and Heater bezel colour?

Dave others will correct me if I'm wrong but no silver on the center heater & radio bezels, only the clock.

This was a before
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After cluster and clock redo
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If you zoom in on a repro(if they did it right I suppose).... appear dull finish surface.

https://www.zip-corvette.com/63-w-o-ac-center-dash-panel-indicators.html

warning big photo below....




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[David S.]

Re: 63 Radio and Heater bezel colour?

That's perfect Richard! That is exactly what I thought I could see, but until now it was difficult to find a clear image! Thanks!

Dave

p.s. Very nice work by the way!