That's One of the reasons why I ordered it :)

Newly restored seat belts installed, carpet completely installed, door panels and rear seat prefitted for final assembly once I get the glass installed. Front seats are done and ready to install but will wait till the glass is in before doing that. I am etching my own glass since no one sells PPG reproduction glass and will post several photos on how this is done. I hope to be doing this on this coming weekend if my supplies arrive.

Lookin' good!

I have received a couple of private comments regarding the primer color bleeding through the edge of the metal portion of the dash just to the right of the plastic face. You can see the red oxide primed area in this photo. The flash greatly amplifies this in the photo and in ambient light it is really not that visible. I will take a shot of it in natural lighting when I get a chance and post it.

We did this because the original was painted exactly the same way which is actually quite common as I have found. Some may not like it but that is the way we chose to restore it. Basically the whole car was restored how we found it.

Keep the comments coming. This gives me the opportunity to explain why some things were done and how they were done originally instead of them seeing the photo and thinking it is wrong.

Rick,

My COPO has the same primer bleed-through/thin paint coverage as your car in that area of the dash. The lower left metal surround on my car's glove box door has very thin paint as well.

Phil

Here are the photos of Phil's unrestored COPO. Mine was not as obvious as his so you can see how many of them were painted and how obvious it is.

The willow run-built Novas had the interior color sprayed (without the glove door and ash tray) at the Fisher plant, Then they were railed to the Chevy plant and those parts were sprayed separately and installed there. They never matched well (especially black). I wonder if the same sort of thing was at play here?

My Nova dash is original and years back some self proclaimed know it all, we all know the type, at a car show had to point out the ash tray door and glove box door didn't quite match the remainder of the dash. Of course he thought it was a restoration screw up... LOL

Rich

As you may recall I had my original inspection decal reproduced. Though Bob Hoyt gave it a valiant effort I was just not happy with the fonts and layout and was hoping to get it better. Enter member Robert Killingsworth who saw my post and without even asking played a bit on his computer and sent me a sample via email the next day. Needless to say I was impressed. Since that time he refined it and the color and came up with this one which is about as close as one can get. VERY happy with the results and your efforts Bob! Received them this morning and will go on the glass next week after I etch it. Refer to my original post #439 for comparison.

Nice job Robert! Figures as he has a beautiful RED '69 solid lifter 'velle too!!