Kenny, I think Jeff was referring to later cars, not early ones. Here's his quote from the archives: "For later Mustangs you'll need to use something other than the straight black for interiors of course. Since they are not really black (Ford referred to them as black) but a very dark charcoal metallic color" Jeff, what do you mean by later cars? Thanks, Dave In a message dated 2/26/2005 8:01:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, Shelby6t7 writes: > As Jeff S. mentioned, the early dashes were not painted black, if you look > closely you will notice that it is actually a dark Charcoal Gray metallic. I > have noticed over the years, that it is one thing that seems to be overlooked > by a lot of restorers, and generally you see the metal dashes painted black > by mistake.