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04-06-2014, 08:10 PM
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another dash ?
I'm wondering if the red interior items are rare like dash and door panels and visors and such. I think they only repro in black and grey.
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04-06-2014, 09:45 PM
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Re: another dash ?
They only repo them that color because it is cheaper for tthem ti make it. I always found red to be common. Try finding original green parts.
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04-07-2014, 04:16 AM
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Re: another dash ?
K thx,
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04-07-2014, 05:42 AM
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Re: another dash ?
When I was working in parts at a dealership in the early 80's, most of the replacement plastic and vinyl that was listed as paint or dye to match came in blue. I thought maybe they had a lot of blue surplus, but a regional parts rep told us once that the darker colors (blue, black, grey) were better for dye or paint. Chip.
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04-07-2014, 06:43 AM
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Re: another dash ?
Well if red is out there I hope I find it too,got some parts in red but not everything
seem lots made in blue......
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04-07-2014, 06:48 AM
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Re: another dash ?
Buy that red spray stuff from lmc l. I painted my new door pulls (which came blue) with it and they turned.out a perfect match. And no cracking or peeling a year later
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04-07-2014, 06:55 AM
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04-07-2014, 08:04 AM
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Re: another dash ?
I am currently looking at an 85 just for the frame and suspention and thought i would sell the rest if i do pick it up and it has a perfect beautiful red dash in it so that is why i was inquiring about the popularity of the red dashes. The truck is in great shapejust havnt pulled the trigger yet
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04-07-2014, 01:13 PM
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Re: another dash ?
84 had stock red interior. strangley almost every car ive had that was made back when you could get it had red interior.
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04-07-2014, 03:24 PM
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Re: another dash ?
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04-07-2014, 05:49 PM
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Re: another dash ?
Don't forget, back then you could have red M&M's too.
 I think it's a matter of what's cheap to produce. My 90's era trucks seemed to have painted dashes. Too crazy on cleaning, and you knew what color it was cast in.
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04-08-2014, 09:27 AM
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Re: another dash ?
how does that "paint" hold up going from -40 to +40,
I always see lots of junkyard stuff peeling here. never sure if it's lack of prep or because of the temp changes. I figure I'd wait to find red and swap out the 78s blue....because my 79 red pad/etc is kinda toast
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