Just noticed while looking at some 68 442 pics , the top of the dash above the gauges some have bumps following the contour of the lines of the gauge. Some of the dashes just go straight across. Why is this?

 

If you look at a shot that's taken more than 4 or 5 feet away it looks like the top of the dash is flat across. Every 68 or 69 dash pad I've ever seen has bumps over each gauge.

This is my dash:

 

Actually early '68 cars have flat top dashes and later '68 cars have bumpy topped dashes...

 

Thanks , I was confused as to why my dash was flat and some others were curved.

 

Thank you again Richard, It seems that I learn something new every time I read one of your posts.

Duane

 

That's one of the first new things I've learned about 68's in a long time, thanks,

Could someone post a pic of one

Mike

 

on a related subject is this early/late production thing the same reason that some 68's have a black center/glove box dash w/ a colored interior and some have the matching colored center section to the interior

 

What tach is that? How did you get it in there?


Dave

 

It's an 80's Mercruiser tach I originally picked up to replace the one in my boat. I liked the colors & it matched the 68 gauges so well I ended up using it. I mounted it in a 68 gauge set. It looks like a factory gauge

I'm probably going to sell it once I get my Rallye Pac installed

 

wow, never knew that, or even noticed.

 

Is it an F85 dash? The reason I ask is because the product brochure for '68 shows a 442 dash and a Supreme dash, and both are flat. I realize that the 442 could be an F85, or one w/o the dash vents, but usually when promoting product they like to use one that promotes the car and lures in the customer. The printing date on my brochure is August 1967, so I am not sure if the early ones were all made that way.

 

Let me know.

 

Driver choice,

Whats the story on the black insert in the dash. Glove box, etc-area on some cars and same as interior color on others?

Thanks in advance

 

My '68 Cutlass "S" built in Nov of '67 has the flat dash pad.
I also installed a tach from an early Starfire. I think the ones from '61 to maybe '66 Starfire should work. Mine is a '62

Gene

 

i had a 68 cutlass s w light blue int and blue dash pad and radio/glove box area but ive also seen cars were this is black ,i have a 68 now w/ green int green pad and black radio/glove box area the green one is late feb built i dont know what blue car was,wondering whats the deal

 

My 68 was a late April build. It has the willow interior and dash pad but has the black radio- glove box area, etc.

Sam

 

For 1968,

Black, Willow Gold, Garnet, and Parchment interiors got Black inserts.

Blue got Dark Blue Metallic

Turquoise got Dark Turquoise Metallic

Teal got Dark Teal Metallic