Newbie From Australia - 50th Anniversary Interior Gold Gear Shift Color?

[DRWREC]

G'day, all.

Just a query if anyone knows if the 76 50th anniversary had gold machined inlay at the gear shift of the auto version?

 

[Seventy6er]

I found a featured 76/50th on Motortrend, which was reportedly a true original down to the shocks and had this image, so it doesn't appear that it had such.

I myself have a 76 which a previous owner had an inlay installed, but I removed it long ago.

 

[DRWREC]

Cheers.

I couldn't find anything of any detail anywhere.

 

[Seventy6er]

Here's another image but this one is of the Burt Reynold's 77 model, and the inlay is absent as well.

Personally, I think it was godawful looking, and glad I removed someone else's aftermarket overkill.

Just my taste, though.

 

[Maxthe222]

It is certainly not a factory for the 1976 Y82 Special Edition.

The gold shifter bezel inlay was only used in late 1980 to 1981 Y84 Special Edition Trans Ams as they had run out of stock of the gold steering wheels, and to keep the addition of gold appointments in the interior, they substituted the gold shifter bezel.