d500neil - 2012-05-04 10:45 PM

I just scanned thru 9 thread pages, and the only pic I could find that shows the inboard shortie-molding is this one.

It would also be used on the 'Deluxe' 2-tone models (where the roof, fins & deck lid got the second color), but I wonder if
this guy was used on the single color, or the Saddle 2-tone schemes, where this molding would not be needed???
can someone post up a couple good views of this molding, and how it connects the fin area to the back glass area?

d500neil - 2012-06-20 10:54 PM

Mike, what do you mean by "variants" in that shortie molding?

There were different types/styles of the shortie moldings????

d500neil - 2012-09-07 9:15 PM

Going back up a couple postings, it certainly looks like Paul's dash inserts received some sort of Bronze
paint-like finishing, around its perimeter.

Looking at the 'bronze' paint effect, it looks like the dash insert may have been masked-off, to prevent
that Bronze from getting onto its main body.

Note the faded over-spray on the side of it, and the sharp/heavy masking-tape outline on its lower
area.

The over-spray is the most compelling evidence that the entire surface had not been OEM painted in Bronze;
there is no sign that the Bronze has been worn away, or otherwise removed from the body of the insert(s).

So, it appears that the inserts may have been masked off, but, the question becomes: WHY were/did they
have to be masked off?

The only(?) logical reason for their having been masked off was due to the inserts having been installed
into the dash, when it was painted----but, what about the bezels? The bezels would have had to have been
installed after the dash was painted.

Why would it have been necessary to "pre-install" the Standard-1958-Model inserts when the dash was painted?

One answer might be that their installation was some kind of assembly-procedural mistake, but, somebody went
to the trouble to PARTIALLY mask it/them off, rather than to remove one/both of them, right before the dash
was painted?

PAUL: is/are the areas of the dash, behind-where the inserts are installed, painted, or not?

If those areas are painted Bronze, then the inserts would have been masked off (and over-sprayed!),
separately from the dash----and, the mystery continues.

On Page-6 of this thread is a factory listing of all of the unique Regal Lancer parts; the dash inserts (in "Bronze")
are NOT included in the listing, so, as far as production models are concerned, the Regals got the standard
1958 Dodge 'silver' anodized dash inserts on them.