Guage bezel the same?

[ray_mcavoy]

Originally Posted by jlmerie

Thank you so much. That really helps. Whoever had the truck made many other mods, but most of them were not as good as this. The paint looks very good. I kind of like it. It is just a "wall hanger" anyway. As an aside, do you know what years they switched the grain of the bezels from the early "rough" surface to the more smooth one? I am thinking mid 70's.

You're welcome!

From what I've seen:
73-77 have the fairly coarse "leather" grain type texture.
78-80 have the fine "diamond" texture with a bit of fine grain texture in the area surrounding the steering column.
81+ have fine grain texture with some smooth areas surrounding the light switch & radio.