ry57pont

What distinguishes when a dash was painted with the body and when it was mashed off, and please don't tell me to "look in the assembly manual" that thing is hard enough to read.

Nowhere Man

It's not in there. It depends on interior color If the dash pads match the exterior color then there inteior color. If they are different then the tabs are exterior color.

pop23235

Hopefully JohnZ will come along. I always thought the dash was installed after paint.

wombvette

It was .

If the interior was the same as the exterior, the tabs were left as they were. The rivets were black anodized.

If the colors were different, the tabs were painted body color.

StingU2

^^^

ry57pont

ok, thanks all! i have one last question. would i need a 4 hole or 6 hole dashpad? i dont have the original to compare it with. thanks again - ryan

Nowhere Man

I been around mid years for around 20 years and have no clue what a 4 hole vs 6 hole dash is. Unless your talking about a heater and radio dash vs one with factory ac But that has nothing to do with dash pads

Frankie the Fink

If you plan to use the original butterfly fasteners here is an article on how to make them work.

ry57pont

when i went to order the pass side pad it looks like there are 2 versions for the mounting holes in the grab handle plastic insert

Frankie the Fink

Here is what Zip Corvette's web site says about the '63-'64 RH side dash pad:

"Note: 1963-1964 Corvette right side dash pads include plastic 4-hole dash or grab bar insert installed."

My Corvette America pads came with the grab bar insert already installed, but I think the '4-hole' version is to allow you to install your own grab bar or purchase a "4-hole" grab bar kit separately....the end result is the same once installed.

gbvette62

The grab bar insert, used in 63 and 64 passenger side dash pads, is secured by 4 screws. The 65-66 insert uses 6 screws, while 67 dash pads, don't have a grab bar slot.

Frankie the Fink

That seems right....here is my '63 Corvette America RH side pad where three of the four screws are evident prior to installation...

Inotherwords, the OP wants to order the 4-hole pad OR get a pad with the 4-hole grab bar already installed (which is what I had)..

Frankie the Fink

And here are my tabs and rivets...

ChattanoogaJSB

Off topic...red interiors knock me OUT, Frankie!

Frankie the Fink

Yeah - it was a little overwhelming at first - swimming in a sea of red. Its grown on me now and I prefer it. Admirers just love it too...
The interior on this car was very original but needed major TLC - from the headliner to the seat belts...cleaning, restoring, replacing.
Right down to touching up the red line paint on the tachometer dial.
Its in great shape now...

Back on topic...the point was to show the black rivets on a red/red car...
You CAN install them with a heavy duty DIY typical home rivet gun but it takes some effort...

Ken Sungela

Wouldn't this imply the tabs are always the body(exterior) color? If not, with what color interior, were the tabs not painted the body color?

wombvette

I thought it pretty clear. If you have a red on red as the one pictured here, the tabs are not painted. But if that car had black exterior, the tabs would be black. If they were
reversed and it was red ex. and black int., the tabs would be red.
I understand what you are saying, but the dash color is not the same as body color, even if they are both red.

tbarb

Someone correct me if I am wrong but the black looking rivets would be painted over on cars with DIFFERENT interior/exterior colors.

On cars with the same I/E color the rivets are not painted and the lacquer color on the dash tab is the same semi/satin as the center section.

I think all 63 dash tabs got painted exterior color, is that correct, the above did not start until 1964.