Chrome on Nova Dashes?

[Nova Research Project]

Wow all the good discussions always happen when I am out of town....

I agree with Mark. There are three documented options -
1. Standard (some Bright on bezel)
2. Special Interior (Extra Bright around the speedo and more)
3. Custom Interior (which included Special Interior and Extra Bright)

The Fisher Body sheet did stack options but they also superseded options depending on what they were.

My Jan 70 Custom Interior with A/C has bright around Speedo, A/C outlet, A/C controls, Head light switch area, Radio Area, and around the perimeter. No Tach. This breaks the tach theory, right?

My July 70 Standard Interior non-A/C has bright trim only around the Headlight and Radio areas. Not sure about vent block off or heater controls. No Tach

mr70;
The bright trim is Vacuum metalizied Aluminum the steering wheel chrome is paint.

YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY;

Looks like there are several anomalies. The Question is was there a change in what got what and when did it happen? I can search my picture files when I get back in town. I will also add this to the research list.

Greg

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Allen;
I agree that the ZJ3 package should include the bright framing on the speedo, but all of the Yenko Deuces have ZJ3 and none have the framing on the speedo - only the block off panel and heater controls.

My 69 SS has both the custom interior option and ZJ3, and it has even less chrome framing than my Yenko!

I think the tach dash had to include the Zl1 option, and maybe that is how the extra chrome trim got added.

[lowmile]

My head is beginning to hurt. Did you mean ZJ1 or Zl1 in you last post. My 375hp car is a ZJ1 and it has no tac and does not have the extra speedo chrome. Maybe Greg can help when he looks at his info. I also had a 70 bench seat, 307, air, ZJ1 {I think or it could have been ZJ3) car that had the speedo chrome. m

[@wot]

My 70 L78 SS was shipped with both the ZL1 and ZJ3 options. The car has an in-dash tach, center console with gauges, wood insert in steering wheel an NO bright trim around the speedo. The bright trim is every else except there. Who knows what the reasoning was back then.

[bkhpah]

Its looking like the 70 cars had chrome around the heater controls and block off, the 69 cars didn't...BKH

[lowmile]

This is all very interesting. Here one of my old 70's it had 30,000 miles,non SS 307 custom int, with air. it has the speedo chrome.m

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I think that too was part of our conversation the other night, but we're not sure why some of the '69's and '70's received it around the speedo and outer edge.

Mark's green interior example really puts a hole in the theory! What year is that green car, is it a '71 or '72?

[lowmile]

The green car is a '70. I wonder if in factory clock may have played a part in what dash you recieved ? Both of my cars that had the extra speedo chrome, had clocks and so did Allen's three examples. How about your car Allen? m

[bkhpah]

The DANA has a clock!..BKH

[Nova Research Project]

My speedo chrome dash does not have a clock.

It looks like I will not be able to start researching my files in depth until Monday. So far I have many 69 cars with standard door panels that have chrome trim on the pedals that only have chrome on the radio/headlight and vent/climate controls. Of course many pictures are hard to see all of the details. I will keep woking it.