Beaumont dashes (Wood grain or no wood grain)

67SD396 · Poncho Master!

Beaumont dashes (Wood grain or no wood grain)

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

It depends on the year. A woodgrained dash was optional on the U.S. Lemans & GTO and would fit a 67 but was not offered in Canada. As far as I know, the woodgrained dash was optional on the 1968 Beaumont SD396 only.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

i would think your right on the 68 only

-- Edited by 68sd on Wednesday 1st of September 2010 04:19:46 PM

SD 396 · Poncho Master!

The woodgrain option was only for 68. I am not sure if it was limited to the SD only or not. I do have a glovebox door with woodgrain on it from a SD.

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

From the brochure. Appears your correct. Wood grain available at extra cost. Is this the same as the GTO wood grain ?

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Optional at extra cost ,woodgrain instument panel with instument panel guages and tachometer

looks like SD only? is that included in option U14 in 1968?

-- Edited by 68sd on Wednesday 1st of September 2010 05:27:19 PM

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

68sd wrote:

Optional at extra cost ,woodgrain instument panel with instument panel guages and tachometer

looks like SD only? is that included in option U14 in 1968?

-- Edited by 68sd on Wednesday 1st of September 2010 05:27:19 PM

It does sound like thats the case. Any member have a U14 car with out the wood grain ? It might say more about this option in the Gm package given out by vintage vehicle service. Lots of good info in those pages. In 69 U14 shows available for Deluxe coupes with Z25, V8 Custom sport coupes or convertibles only. Wonder if the same in 68.

67SD396 · Poncho Master!

Thanks for the great answers guys. I think it is clear that 68 is the only year you could order wood grain as an option.

Here are the two pictures that had me questioning if a Beaumont ever came with a wood grain dash. Both are 67's.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

the first one was put in by the owner in 1967 at the dealership that he worked,

does that count as dealer installed?

67SD396 · Poncho Master!

The wood grain looks nice in a 67. The story behind it makes it very cool too.

chader · Guru

funny, I just had a conversation with Rob from London On. about this very topic. This is the same conclusion we came up with, just with less profesional help...hahaha.

jfkheat · Guru

Here is a 67 SD dash with the wood grain and my 68 SD with the wood grain.
67 SD

-- Edited by jfkheat on Thursday 2nd of September 2010 05:48:14 AM

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

That 67 picture looks to be the same car as the one pictured higher up, unless two guys have the identical gauge panel under the dash.

Anyone know who's car that is? 68SD seems to be a bit familiar with the car.

67custom · Guru

I see the 67 has a Pontiac radio instead of a Beaumont radio, if memory serves me right the woodgrain was not available in Canada for 67

jfkheat · Guru

The 67 is a one owner car. Sorry, I'm terrible with names and I don't remember the owners name. I first saw the car in Grand Island NY at the Can-Am show but never talked to the owner. I saw him again last year at the Ohio Chevelle show. We parked together at the show. He worked at a car dealership when he bought the car. He actually drove it off of the delivery truck. He drives the car all over Canada and the US to shows.
James

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Read this

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/canam/05-08-mitchell.pdf

427strato · Addicted!

The dash was definately available in 68 as my SD has one and is likely one of the most original in the country. My car has never been apart, much less seen in the last 25 years as it has been in my garage since 1986. No, it doesn't need to be restored; it only has 75,000 miles on it however the paint faded and its not as pretty as it should be. Maybe next year.