Does the Monza/Corsa Black Glove Box Surround sit on top of the metal dash and simply bolt on or is it a replacement for the one piece of the 500 dash?

1966 Corvair 500 Base 110hp/AT
57k miles

Mods:
New Blue Carpet
Monza Black Bucket Seats
Monza Black folding rear seats
Monza Glovebox
Rafee Chrome Air Intake
K&N pcv filter
High Performance Silicone Spark Plug Wires
Chrome Hi Po Ignition Coil

It's an overlay that is held on by screws below, inside the glove box door and a long metal retainer that has 4 studs above the glove box. It clamps the top section to the dash metal.
Pretty complex piece of trim, with all the holes that had to be made to accommodate it and it's no slam dunk to install, either!

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Yes and the 65 glove box surround is aluminum (to show the bright edge) and the late 66 surrounds are steel (since they were completely painted, no shiny edge trim).

So if you buy one make sure it's the aluminum bezel if you have a 65 gauge cluster.

So the dash top would have to come up to get it installed?

1966 Corvair 500 Base 110hp/AT
57k miles

Mods:
New Blue Carpet
Monza Black Bucket Seats
Monza Black folding rear seats
Monza Glovebox
Rafee Chrome Air Intake
K&N pcv filter
High Performance Silicone Spark Plug Wires
Chrome Hi Po Ignition Coil

Anybody got a picture of the long metal retainer? I can't find a diagram in any of the manuals. PO took it aprt and I'm putting mine back together. I didn't know there was a retainer. I thought it just hung on screws at the top.

J.Miller
Buffalo,NY

"So the dash top would have to come up to get it installed?"
No, the dash top doesn't have to be removed.

I installed a black surround to match a Corsa dash in my '66, without the retainer.
As J. Miller posted you can install it without the metal strip retainer.
I think the strip was added to prevent the passenger from accidentally catching the edge and bending the surround if there was no retainer.

Ed
Hillsborough, NJ
66 500 rear 4.3 V6 Corvair
69 350/350 TH Camaro was RS
30 Model A Ford Streetrod 350/400 TH
88 Celebrity Wagon (Daily Driver)