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I have always questioned the reproduction tach faces, (whether they be decals or silk screening) that show the last numbers to be red. Most of the originals I have seen (even though sun faded) look not to have been red. Your NOS tach confirms that they should not be red?

Thanks, Dan

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Dave I checked my 70 R/T SE - which has the original dash... the wood grain is IDENTICAL. Mine may have faded some but not perceivible comparing the pictures. Your tach picture does not show the color change at red line - however in person it is noticible (Yellow to Orange). Just an issue with the flash I guess.

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Dave,
Does this mean that your all original 1970 Challenger must also have a 1971 wood grain dash setup?
What do you know....two flukes in a row.

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Here are a few shots of an NOS 8K tach dial. These are the 100% correct colors. Dave's tach dial looks right on the money and the orange line appears washed out during photos unless the pic is take with the dial standing straight up.

PS: I am the only company in existance that re-faces the dials using the factory original process and OE correct colors.

Mike Mancini

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Just for the record, back in the 80's when Downer was THE guy with the NOS parts, I traded for a pair of NOS Challenger park lite assemblies for a Challenger I was doing.
He had no less than 10 NOS pair on hand at any given time, with correct 70-71 pigtail. There were as many boxed with the gold colored finish as there were with the bare finish.
We went throught them all to make sure I got a pair that matched, and again all were NOS in the boxes.

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Here are a few shots of an NOS 8K tach dial. These are the 100% correct colors. Dave's tach dial looks right on the money and the orange line appears washed out during photos unless the pic is take with the dial standing straight up.

PS: I am the only company in existance that re-faces the dials using the factory original process and OE correct colors.

Mike Mancini

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Mike,

Now that makes sense - the high numbers are orange, NOT red as seen on the repo tachs, stickers, and silk screening! By the way, what is your companies name and contact information?

Thanks, Dan

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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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mr ecs, im sorry.
i was incorrect in reference to the color of the dash panel woodgrain
my brain must be getting tangled up

the woodgrain difference i was thinking of was the console woodgrain trim, which the 1970 version is lighter than the 71 version

not the dash woodgrain which i had mistakingly thought.

like i originally said, i wasnt sure

thanks for correcting me in reference to that

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Hey Dave, I can't remember is this car an automatic?

On another thread some of us were discussing the lettering on auto trans with console shift lenses, especially in 1970. Some cars seem to exhibit PRND21 only, while others say Slap Stik beneath the "1", and still others say Shift Gate beneath the "1". Do you have any findings on this subject/what are they?


Thanks Again
Tav

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That subject was investigated by us (on and off) for a few months. It would take an hour of typing to give you the dates and specifics on what we found.

And you thought this thread was long and drawn out to this point!

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the lh rear axle brake line on a '70 rear axle I have has a 'loop' just before it enters the wheel cylinder that the repros from fine lines didn't use. ! U can simply say in response: "read the book."

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