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Old 11-11-2011, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ibuzzard
Mark, I'm guessing there were only two gauge faces, painted or chromed. I can see , on my chrome one, where the white paint has flecked off ,the underlying chrome. Do the painted ones have the underlying chrome?
All 1960 Ford pickups were delivered from the factory with a painted gauge bezel of some sort. Standard cab models received an all-white gauge bezel, while the Custom Cab models received a white gauge bezel with chrome trim. An all-chrome bezel was never offered. Any chrome bezel out there was either plated by the owner or a Custom Cab bezel with the paint stripped off. For the Custom Cab bezels, the bezel was first chrome plated, then painted, leaving the two stars, gauge lips, and top section chrome exposed. I can't say for sure, but I imagine in the interest of cost savings non-Custom Cab model bezels did not receive any chrome treatment, and were simply plain steel painted white.