Pclancy
Active Member
My '77 Newport coupe has a green interior, which is beautiful. Except that the dash pad was was also exceedingly green, to the point where it began bugging me. So I sourced a black dash pad in excellent condition from Ebay which was sourced from a '77 NYB Brougham. I then swapped it for my green dash pad, and swapped out the Brougham emblem on the right side of the dash (where an airbag would have been placed one day perhaps) for the orginal Newport "Chrysler" emblem.
(To complete the look, I repainted the metal shelf that extends to the windshield semi-gloss black as well. )
It looks pretty darn good if you ask me. I like the contrast of a black dash and the green interior. You can tell from the impression undeneath the emblem on the dash that a different emblem was once there (if you look very closely) but otherwise the fit is absolutely perfect.
My questions are this:
1) Could one have ordered my car with a black dash pad/metal shelf back in the day? Or were all interiors a mono color theme?
2) By customizing in this manner, have I made a mistake which will haunt me later in the eyes of C-body purists? I have been careful to not make other modifications to the car which messed with its orginality...e.g., it has the same stereo (refurbished) and the same clock (refurbished) as it came with.
3) I of course still have the green dash pad, and I guess you could simply repaint the metal shelf back to it original color if you wanted.....
Am I nuts to be even asking these questions? What do you guys think?
Thanks
Peter
(To complete the look, I repainted the metal shelf that extends to the windshield semi-gloss black as well. )
It looks pretty darn good if you ask me. I like the contrast of a black dash and the green interior. You can tell from the impression undeneath the emblem on the dash that a different emblem was once there (if you look very closely) but otherwise the fit is absolutely perfect.
My questions are this:
1) Could one have ordered my car with a black dash pad/metal shelf back in the day? Or were all interiors a mono color theme?
2) By customizing in this manner, have I made a mistake which will haunt me later in the eyes of C-body purists? I have been careful to not make other modifications to the car which messed with its orginality...e.g., it has the same stereo (refurbished) and the same clock (refurbished) as it came with.
3) I of course still have the green dash pad, and I guess you could simply repaint the metal shelf back to it original color if you wanted.....
Am I nuts to be even asking these questions? What do you guys think?
Thanks
Peter