I'm working on my '65 Cornet 500 and I'm wondering about the arm rest bases. Were they chrome from the factory. Mine appear to be chrome on the inside but on the outside they have gray paint over the chrome. Not sure if someone painted them a long time ago or if the factory did that?

I have a set of bases from a Coronet 440 that appear to have a little chrome left on them but most of it is worn away. Here is a picture of the two side by side.

I also see that the Coronet 440 interior red is different than the Coronet 500 red. The 440 red is darker than the 500 red. I guess I wasn't aware of that before.