<VV> What is a spyder dash made of?

[Tony Underwood]

At 12:09 hours 06/13/2004 -0600, Geoffrey A Johnson wrote:
>Unless you made your own I bet you are wrong Bob.  Why else do they pit 
>so badly??  I thought they were plated pot metal, but I could be wrong.
>
>-Geoff Johnson
>
>
>On Sun, 13 
>Jun 2004 BobHelt@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 6/12/04 11:35:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
>> blaines@infowest.com writes:
>> 
>> > Does anyone happen to know what material the Spyder dash was made of, and
>> > how it was finished?
>> > 
>> 
>> Betcha that mine is brushed stainless steel.    







The factory cast them out of pot metal and then chromed them...  

However, I *have* seen a Corvair with a Spyder style dash cluster that was
indeed made of brushed stainless steel.   It was not a GM dash (homebrew,
and a nice job at that).     


tony..