Dashboard / Dash pad color combos

[William]

A '69 with a red interior would have had a red dashpad. The lower part of the dash including the glove box and ash tray doors would be painted semi-gloss red on a standard interior car; custom interior cars had the faux woodgrain. The upper dash area would also be red but with a 'suede' flattener added to the paint to reduce glare. Suede sort of resembles the 'wrinkle' finish often seen on small toolboxes; flat or semi-gloss is not correct.

One inconsistent area was the finish on the VIN plate for cars with non-black dash tops. Sometimes they match the dash; sometimes they were left black.