C2 Interior finish question

[Mac Peppers]

my 63 coupe has been previously painted and i'm restoring it to the original color. my question is on the dash support that rivits to the door hinge piller. i see them painted interior color and sometimes i see them painted exterior color. does anyone know which is correct. if it maters, my car is white with dark blue interior.
thanks,
mac

[Mike M.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

the judging manual, available from the ncrs office in cincinnati,ohio, adresses this issue. mike

[John M.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

I think the manual states if there is a sharp contrast, like yours, it should be painted exterior color.

[Joe S.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

My 63 which has not been painted has them as exterior color (in my case, white with black interior).




Joe and Joanne's 63 FI Convertible

[James W.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

Mac,

The following is verbatum from the 63/64 Judging Manual.

5. DASH PANEL AREA

Attachment Tabs and Rivets
The dash panel has two tabs attached to the body with five pop rivets in each door jamb adjacent to the upper door hinge. When the body color and the dash panel are the same color, the end tabs are the color of the dash panel and the rivet heads have a black or natural aluminum finish. When the body color contrasts with the dash panel color, the tabs, including the rivets, are painted body color. Traces of paint overspray may appear on the edge of the dash pads on cars with exterior colors and dash panel colors that differ.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

James West
Omaha, NE.
1964 Corvette #9258

[Michael H.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

James,

The judging manual information that you posted would be correct only for 65-67. The dash tabs of all 63-64's were painted gloss body color no matter what the color, along with the rivets. 65 was the beginning of the non body paint, semi gloss tabs with non painted rivets on cars with matching interior/exterior colors.

[Mac Peppers]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

thanks for the excellent help gentlemen.
mac

[Andy F.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

Is the a discprepancy with the 63-64 judging guide?...mine says the same thing as James e-mail...Third Edition

[James W.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

Mike,

You are incorrect unless you have re-written both the 2nd and 3rd addition of the 63/64 NCRS Judging Manual Interior Section 5.; Attachment Tabs and Rivets. It's right there in black and white.

Regards,

James West

[Michael H.]

Re: C2 Interior finish question

James,

I really don't know what the judging manual states but I do know this. If it says the tabs and rivets on any 63-64 were not painted body color/gloss, it needs to be corrected because it's wrong. I think the original question was "what are they supposed to be", not what is in the manual.
I don't know if the change occured exactly at SOP of 65 but it was close. There may have been some late 64 cars with the later unpainted rivets/tabs or maybe some early 65 still used the 63-63 method but I've never seen one.
I've already gotten a few emails from owners of totally restored cars that stated their 63 tabs are semi gloss and had the black rivets unpainted but I've also gotten a few from owners of original paint cars that had the tabs factory painted gloss body color, including the rivets, with matching interior/exterior colors. Hopefully, a few of those original paint 63-64 cars will respond here.

Michael