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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: bgez64ss on February 09, 2012, 07:06:47 pm

Title: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: bgez64ss on February 09, 2012, 07:06:47 pm
does anybody know anything about this textured dash bezel?  it looks factory, ive never seen one like this, one guy said its rare and was 78-78 only. is this thing worth anything?
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: bake74 on February 10, 2012, 12:19:31 am
     My guess is it is not factory, maybe a dealer add.  Do you have the SPID sticker in the glove box still ?  This will tell you the options that the truck came with.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: bgez64ss on February 10, 2012, 06:15:21 pm
i do not have the correct sticker in the glove box, my truck is a total frankenstein, built out of many trucks so it seems
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: VileZambonie on February 10, 2012, 06:40:39 pm
78-80 factory bezel with AC is what you have there.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: heavychevy91 on February 10, 2012, 07:16:00 pm
Vile is correct, my '80 K20 had the same dash bezel. In your pictures it looks white but its a brushed aluminum color.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: txchainsawgogi on February 10, 2012, 07:20:06 pm
thats what mine has. looked factory to me…
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: txchainsawgogi on February 10, 2012, 07:21:12 pm
i should note that i had a factory AC unit.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: VileZambonie on February 11, 2012, 08:32:53 am
I actually have that same bezel new in the box. If I get upstairs in my garage today I'll take pics
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: PromiseKeeper on February 11, 2012, 12:39:45 pm
Look at the close up pic he posted. I don't think that is the brushed aluminum bezel.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: bake74 on February 11, 2012, 08:42:08 pm
Look at the close up pic he posted. I don't think that is the brushed aluminum bezel.

     I trust what they say is right, but it did not look like brushed aluminum to me either.  I was waiting for the owner who posted to reply whether it was brushed aluminum or not.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: VileZambonie on February 11, 2012, 09:23:30 pm
Look at the close up pic he posted. I don't think that is the brushed aluminum bezel.

He said it's a brushed aluminum color. No one is saying it's the brushed aluminum panel.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: heavychevy91 on February 13, 2012, 09:20:59 pm
He said it's a brushed aluminum color. No one is saying it's the brushed aluminum panel.


Thanks Vile, That's what I was trying say!
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: 87454westernhauler on February 15, 2012, 09:11:05 pm
looks kind of like some one masked it off and painted a black plain jain one with aluminum paint. i did some thing similar to my 80 c10 with a small paint brush.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: beastie_3 on February 16, 2012, 11:23:54 pm
Never seen that style. Just the all black version and actual brushed version. The black version I always see has the same grain pattern as the door panels.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: 78 Chevyrado on February 17, 2012, 09:32:43 pm
Somebody painted a plain bezel to look like the ones with the brushed aluminum.  All the 78-80 bezels look like that, just they are plain black or have the brushed aluminum thing stuck on over it. 

I like the look though.
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: VileZambonie on February 18, 2012, 08:35:46 am
Somebody painted a plain bezel to look like the ones with the brushed aluminum.  All the 78-80 bezels look like that, just they are plain black or have the brushed aluminum thing stuck on over it. 

I like the look though.

Not true

Keep your eyes on eBay and look around in junk yards and you'll see these were quite common. Here's another one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/73-80-Chevy-GMC-blazer-C-10-suburban-Cluster-DASH-BEZEL-/190613132490?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item2c616d94ca

Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: DnStClr on February 21, 2012, 03:44:19 pm
So is that the name of the finish- textured silverface?
Title: Re: 78 textured dash bezel
Post by: Captkaos on February 21, 2012, 05:12:57 pm
That is by far my favorite Cluster.  To bad they don't age very well.. 
Where is the pic Vile, I want to drool...