Dash pad differences?

My 71 dash pad has a notch. My car was built in late September 1970.

 

Its always possible my pad was replaced at some point, Ill check build date later for y'all

 

just went and looked at my spare in the garage, it has the notch, so i went to my car, it has a notch, but for no reason, not for clearance or anything, i think it is there to make you wonder why it is there,

 

This is a good discussion, other forums have similar discussions. Not sure that we will come up with a definitive cutoff date. Different factories and different colors, will probably mean that there will be variations.

 

If you mean like the windlace on the pinch weld yes

 

No, there are plastic filler pieces, in between the dash and the a pillar.

 

I believe my 70 has plastic filler pieces at the A pillars just at the dash

 

My 72 Comet dash pad has those notches.....

 

My dash pad has a date stamped on the bottom (23 6 71) and has the notch.

 

I was thinking about checking to see if there was a part number / date code stamped on the dash pads. I will have to re-check the green one now.

 

I will look at mine , I have the dash tore apart . Everything is out . Thanks for the heads up .

 

I double checked the green dash pad while I was at the shop this morning. There are no legible date codes on the underside. All I found were the handwritten numbers 171 and a circled 4. Probably part of the QC or assembly process, not made by a machine.