[DeTomaso] Center Stack Bezel Needed

[Mike Thomas]

Thanks Mike

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From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:36 AM
To: mbefthomas at comcast.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Center Stack Bezel Needed



In a message dated 12/29/10 8 19 17, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:




Does anyone have a clean, stock center stack gage bezel they would be
willing to part with.  I'm going to be redoing part of the interior this
year and mine is hanging on in pieces.




Although you state you have an L-model, it's important to differentiate
between the two styles.

A bezel is a chrome ring around an individual gauge.  You don't want one of
those.  You actually want a gauge panel, and specifically, a plastic gauge
panel for the late-style interior.  The early cars had a metal panel,
upholstered with vinyl and surrounded with a piece of chrome trim.  The
later cars had a molded plastic piece with fake chrome trim around the
outside.  I think the last series had no fake chrome.

Wilkinson lists the various models on his website:

http://www.panterasbywilkinson.com/webpages/catalog/extra/ill22_04.html?prod
_id=14004A

I see that the second series with chrome is listed for just over a hundred
bucks:

http://www.panterapartsusa.com/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?prod_id=14004C

FWIW I had to buy one of these from Wilkinson in about 1996 and paid $180
for it at the time.

Mike