[Squidward]

All,

I will soon repaint the interior metal portions of my 67 - dash, upper part of doors, etc. It was painted by a previous owner many years ago after sanding with a brick, rock, or some other 20 grit abrasive.

I will properly sand/prime to fix that, but question is, what is the original sheen of the factory finish? I see lots of restomods with glossy interior paint, but it seems somewhat overstated. Was the factory paint a satin/semi finish?

[camerjeff]

I would say it is a gloss finish, I have attached some pictures of my Original paint 67 Firebird.

Its what I have on my HD I can take some pictures of the upper dash if you like.

[JLMounce]

My understanding is that the bottom of the dash and the rest of the exposed metal painted surfaces should be a semi-gloss finish. The top of the dash should be a matte or satin finish.

This is how I did my interior, semi-gloss everywhere except for the top of the dash which is matte.

The matte finish on the top of the dash reduces glare on the winshield.

[camerjeff]

I still think the lower dash and door tops are finished in a gloss but it could be a semi gloss, the top of the dash is defiantly a less gloss finish, but I don't think I would call it a matte finish maybe 20% gloss?

I took these picture today so the lighting is the same on these 3. My car is a 3 owner 105K mile Survivor

[einstein]

I seem to recall 60% gloss on everything metal below the dash pad and flat/matte above.

I know these things are documented somewhere. Might have been paint charts, but I don't recall which paint supplier

I don't know about the door upper as that's 67 only, my knowledge and literature is mostly 69 and a little 68.

Maybe ask in the Interior and Paint/Body forums.

[Squidward]

Thanks, all. That helped. Makes total sense with the upper dash surface being duller. I was worried that a high gloss wouldn't look right on the lower dash and door stuff.

[johnta1]

Try this:

[camerjeff]

Thanks John I think that pretty well nails it