1967 true or false?

[Keith G.]

Where the dash hooks to the body at the front of the door, when the dash and the outside color are the same color, the rivets and dash flaps are all the same color. When the two are not the same color, the flaps are the same color as the dash and the rivets are black? I'm calling them flaps, they could be called ears or hangers.

[Rich P.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

Almost. When the dash and outside are different colors the tabs are painted body color along with the rivets.

Rich

[James B.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

when the inside and the outside colors are the same the rivits are black Jim

[Rich P.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

when the inside and the outside colors are the same the rivits are black Jim

When the interior and exterior color are the same.

Rich

Doh I said what you did I thought you were asking wen were the rivets black.

[Neal K.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

Rich,
I am in a quandry regarding the color of the dash tabs(ears) on my very early 67(sept 66) convertible. I purchased the car in 1969. The color of the car and door jams is marlboro maroon. The interior color is dark saddle. The dash tabs are the dark saddle color as well and the rivets are black. This is contrary to what the judging manual and others have said. I am on the home stretch with restoration and not sure what to do. Paint the dash and tabs dark saddle the way they were or paint the tabs and rivets marlboro maroon to match the door jams. HELP.
Neal

[Scott S.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

Rich,
I am in a quandry regarding the color of the dash tabs(ears) on my very early 67(sept 66) convertible. I purchased the car in 1969. The color of the car and door jams is marlboro maroon. The interior color is dark saddle. The dash tabs are the dark saddle color as well and the rivets are black. This is contrary to what the judging manual and others have said. I am on the home stretch with restoration and not sure what to do. Paint the dash and tabs dark saddle the way they were or paint the tabs and rivets marlboro maroon to match the door jams. HELP.
Neal

Since "Saddle" was the only interior color that was not available as an exterior paint color (not even variations, unlike the different shades of blue), could it be that "Saddle" is an exception to the Rule?

Edit: I got that wrong, it wouldn't matter what the interior color was, even if it was a special order non-factory color. If the process was as I understand it from Michael Hanson's explanations, 1964L-1967 cars with different interior/exterior colors would normally have the dash end tabs sprayed with gloss body color, which in this case would be Marlboro Maroon. Very interested to find out what the experts have to say on this one.

[Keith G.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

Paint the tabs maroon, along with the rivets.

[Neal K.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

I am going to wait for more responses before I make my decision. There is absolutely no evidence that the dash tabs were ever painted with maroon paint. Some times an anomaly should reman that way and not be altered.
Neal

[Scott S.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

I am going to wait for more responses before I make my decision. There is absolutely no evidence that the dash tabs were ever painted with maroon paint.

That's why I'm looking forward to the explanation for this one. You know the history since 1969, and it's highly unlikely the dash would have been replaced in the two years between the time it was built and when you bought it. Therefore, if the rivets are black, then it was installed as a saddle color dash panel, and for reasons not yet understood, it did not get the usual dash-tab body color paint treatment.

Someone here will have the answer

Some times an anomaly should reman that way and not be altered.
Neal

If this is how it came from the factory and there's no other good explanation to be found, I'd leave it the way it is too!

[Wayne W.]

Re: 1967 true or false?

Who is to say that they didn't miss one or two? I would leave it if I thought it was real. In 69 I doubt anyone would have sought out black anodized rivets for the replacement of a dash.