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Our thanks to John Smeltzer for these views of a 1949 dashboard. As you will notice, the only difference between a 1949 & a 1950 dashboard is in the gauges. 1949 guages were more of a dark grey/black with block lettering while 1950 gauges had a dark black/green metallic finish with a slight softening of the corners on the block lettering. They are so close in appearance that it is sometimes hard to distinguish between them.
All 1949 dashboards were finished in a natural brown lithographed woodgrain EXCEPT convertibles and suburbans which were painted to match the exterior color of the car.
An interesting note: The gauge cluster bezel was chrome plated before woodgraining or painting. However, the quality of the plating was marginal since the only thing they worried about was the trim bar that runs all the way across the lower edge of the dash. Therefore, if you are thinking about exposing that chrome, you may have to have it replated before it will look really good.
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