I think you might be missing something. From old product literature it appears to be chromed. It is a little hard to tell since it is in black and white but you can pretty clearly make out the sparkle.
In addition I have a LeMans from Sacremento. The entire top of the bezel is missing paint from years of baking in the sun. Under the paint is remnants of the original chromed surface.
And, plastic plating techniques would make it almost impossible to plate just the top of those rings.
Upon even further investigation of this I asked my mother. Yup, my mother. She had a 63 Lemans in 65 and quite clearly remembered it to have a shiny dash.
I didn't mean to come off as harsh on you Pete. I was just looking for a clarification. I truly thought I must have been missing something.
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