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were alle-body rally dashes from 1970 to 1971 had different color woodgrain

1970 was lighter, more yellowish if you will
and 1971 was a darker, more brownish

yours looks to be the 1971 darker, but i know pics dont always reflect the true color of an item

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Hi Tav,
I have one set still in the valance and I cannot find one iota of gold coloring in the nooks or crannies.

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Kind of hard to tell off of these used ones but there is zinc traces on some and others???

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Dave, I can't remember - are those NOS parking light assys in your Challenger gold or not? Can't tell by the pics. Dave

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Hint: You can find a pot of it at the end of a rainbow.

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ecs, i have a question
im not 1000% sure, so please inform me if my assumption is incorrect, no ill will intended

e-body rally dashes from 1970 to 1971 had different color woodgrain

1970 was lighter, more yellowish if you will
and 1971 was a darker, more brownish

yours looks to be the 1971 darker, but i know pics dont always reflect the true color of an item

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Dave
I'm curious to know what you did about the glass in your car, did you use your current PPG reproduction glass or were you able to find NOS glass?
Bruce

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ecs, i have a question
im not 1000% sure, so please inform me if my assumption is incorrect, no ill will intended

e-body rally dashes from 1970 to 1971 had different color woodgrain

1970 was lighter, more yellowish if you will
and 1971 was a darker, more brownish

yours looks to be the 1971 darker, but i know pics dont always reflect the true color of an item

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Keep in mind that this is a new NOS complete dash assembly. How many of those have you seen? Most dashes that are original and nice enough to use are faded from years of exposure. Check out the date on the back of the housing.

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instrument clusters werent sold as an assembly

so your housing is dated 1969 but that doesnt show what date all of the gauges + trim are/were dated

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Who ever said that it was sold as an assembly? Many NOS pieces we used were pieced together to get the desired result. Could you please refer to the Chrysler drawing or references that specify this color change in the dash or is this simply an observation of yours? I wonder if there was ever any variation in simulated wood grain regarding color? Come to think of it, I wonder if every wood grain had the exact same pattern or if they might have even exhibited variations in their patterned look? I guess I need to take it out and find that slightly “lighter” color that you seem to feel more comfortable with. I think I might really be in trouble now!! Look at my door panel insert(s) in the attached picture. It appears the opposite was true concerning those. The NOS versions seem to be lighter than the ones that were original to the car and with a differing grain pattern. WOW! I guess I need to start throwing away ALL my NOS wood grain parts.

Those dog gone wood grain variations have to go and ruin everything!!


(Sorry to disappoint but it is positively a 1970 issue wood grain dash piece!)

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Here ya go beast. This might help to further illustrate the facts regarding woodgrain. The door insert that is ORIGINAL to my car is at the top. Notice how it is even darker than the dash face that you seem to question. Again I am sorry I can't disprove your sentiment concerning what you think is right or wrong here. It simply is what it is!

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