1963 - 1964 valiant 5 button radio bezel question

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Are the 1963 and 1964 valiant 5 button radio bezels identical?
Please share a photo of a 1963 valiant 5 button radio bezel.
I'm looking for a 1964 radio bezel in new condition.
 
I don't have photos but the 63 had sort of a diamond design on the front of the bezel while the 64 had a horizontal line pattern. They both had round buttons. As mentioned the 65 went to rectangular pushbuttons.
Finding a bezel in like new condition is going to require some real luck... You would probably get results faster and easier buy buying a bezel off Ebay or possibly by posting a wanted ad on here, and then sending it to a vacuum plater like Vacuum Metalizing & Spray Coating Services | EMI Shielding

Not cheap but a way to get a new looking bezel.......
 
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I don't have photos but the 63 had sort of a diamond design on the front of the bezel while the 64 had a horizontal line pattern. They both had round buttons. As mentioned the 65 went to rectangular pushbuttons.
Finding a bezel in like new condition is going to require some real luck... You would probably get results faster and easier buy buying a bezel off Ebay or possibly by posting a wanted ad on here, and then sending it to a vacuum plater like Vacuum Metalizing & Spray Coating Services | EMI Shielding

Not cheap but a way to get a new looking bezel.......


Many thanks for your helpful response. I found a restored bezel for a 63 but want to be sure that it is the same as that for the 64.
 
I don't have photos but the 63 had sort of a diamond design on the front of the bezel while the 64 had a horizontal line pattern. They both had round buttons. As mentioned the 65 went to rectangular pushbuttons.
Finding a bezel in like new condition is going to require some real luck... You would probably get results faster and easier buy buying a bezel off Ebay or possibly by posting a wanted ad on here, and then sending it to a vacuum plater like Vacuum Metalizing & Spray Coating Services | EMI Shielding

Not cheap but a way to get a new looking bezel.......

Here's the year by year differences (USA versions, Canadian may have been different):

The 63 bezel had round buttons and with little punched squares in the background. There was an early version that was chrome plated pot metal, and a later version that was vacuum chromed plastic.

Here's the pot metal version in my 63 Valiant:

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Here is the plastic 63 bezel (with very faded chrome):

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The 64 bezel was similar to the 63 with the main difference being the horizontal ridges in the background. This one sold here on FABO last year:

64 Barracuda Valiant radio bezel (2).jpg


The 65 version went to square (or actually, rectangular) buttons, and the base was wider than the top. Still had the horizontal ridges.

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66 Barracuda and (I think Valiant) lost the ridges and squared off the perimeter. This is a picture of a restored bezel on the gcartrim.com web site. If you have a decent 64 bezel, he will restore yours for $65.

66 barracuda radio bezel.jpg
 
Here's the year by year differences (USA versions, Canadian may have been different):

The 63 bezel had round buttons and with little punched squares in the background. There was an early version that was chrome plated pot metal, and a later version that was vacuum chromed plastic.

Here's the pot metal version in my 63 Valiant:

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Here is the plastic 63 bezel (with very faded chrome):

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The 64 bezel was similar to the 63 with the main difference being the horizontal ridges in the background. This one sold here on FABO last year:

View attachment 1715714455

The 65 version went to square (or actually, rectangular) buttons, and the base was wider than the top. Still had the horizontal ridges.

View attachment 1715714461

66 Barracuda and (I think Valiant) lost the ridges and squared off the perimeter. This is a picture of a restored bezel on the gcartrim.com web site. If you have a decent 64 bezel, he will restore yours for $65.

View attachment 1715714463


Thanks so much for your help. I couldn't find the photos like those you supplied. You have given me exactly what I need to know and I am very grateful.
 
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