Another one: WTB NOS Dashboard Cover

[Mark3395]

Have checked the LMC catalog and find that they don't have a grey dashboard pad for the '85 M1028... just black.

Anybody got one for sale?

I'll check my local GM dealership today as well.

Those pads were a stunningly defective design.

 

[bbbang]

You can buy their dashboard pad and buy a can or two of the grey dye from LMC. The dye they sell works great and I have used it a lot on plastic and vinyl pieces on a M1009 I am working on. Hope that helps you. Chris

 

[4x4 Forever]

The GM parts guy that I have used for the past 20+ years told me that GM has stopped stocking and gotten rid of most all parts for the 81-88 GM's. You MIGHT get lucky on SOME parts if they do a dealer search and one of them has them lying around in the "back 40".

The dash pads that came from GM have all been black and there is a special dye that you used to match the colour you want. GM stocked the coloured ones but not after about '88??? LMC or one of your local automotive paint dealers carry the dye.

Good Luck!

 

[DKELONE]

A friend of mine bought an aftermarket gray one from j c whitney about a year ago. Cost about $175 or so

 

[POOR WHITE BOY]

There is a guy on e bay that sells nos dash pads for 81-87 gm trucks. Ithey are light gray in color. The last 3 pads i bought grom the local gmc dealer were gray in color.

 

[niferous]

I can't see where anyone offers a light gray dash. I do see "medium gray" though. Is that the one I want?

 

[acesneights1]

when the stuff "was" available from GM, it was "paint to match" You never knew what color it would be when it came in.

 

[niferous]

Ok but what color dash did they come with from the factory?

 

[raiburn]

My '86 '28 has a cherry dash,(condition, not color), it was somehow preserved under a quarter inch of dust. Especially weird, because the truck had no drivers door window for who knows how long. Most of the ones I have seen on these trucks have the Grand Canyon running through them.

 

[acesneights1]

Mine is black but who knows if it's original.

 

[4x4 Forever]

Most of the ones I have seen are red, saw several black ones though. Was it a new dash and someone too lazy to dye it red?

Might want to look through CUCV pics to see what colours you find.

 

[niferous]

Mine is a light gray.

 

[NPD732]

The official color of the dash and interior is bronze. Its sort of a brown color. Door panels fade to a maroon color. Dash pads literally explode from the sun. The seat covers fade to different shades of brown. I dont think Chevy used this color in the civillian trucks, or at least I have never ran across one. My buddy won a 1028 on GL. It only had 3000 miles on it. It still had the tires it was built with on it although dy rotted. Brake and gas pedal looked brand new. The dash pad was the bronze color but toast. It must have never been driven. It's one of those 87 1028's with the 1010 charging system, underdash tach and a huge breaker set int he dash above the glove box.

 

[GM72K10]

Chevy/GMC did use this color in civilian trucks as I have a Scottsdale with the same color dash pad and seat. Best luck I've had for finding dash pads and seats is from c30 wrecks/junkers in the salvage yards, especially plumbers trucks. Most were garage kept and have dashes that had minimum time in the sun. Found 3 so far that way that were in good shape.

 

[M725]

The dash pad, door panels, and seats came all the same color.
If you dash is GREY it was a replacement, that is the color that they came.The military never paint them. I have found at www.eastwood.com Their OE Interior/Upholstery Paint, Burgundy color matchs the seats.
Replacement seats came in the color black.