I have a 69 (same console as a 68-burlwood)and I have managed to buy a second console with good burlwood on the cover where the ashtray would go on an earlier model and the compartment lid. My original console has good burlwood on the larger piece but some scratches on the compartment lid. I also purchased just the large chrome-plated pot metal 'frame' from Camaro Specialities in E. Aurora NY along with an automatic shifter bezel (the chrome on my originals is really pitted and the console chrome on the second console has a few pits). From the parts of the three consoles I should be able to build one pretty decent one. If OER (I believe they are the supplier of the long-awaited reproduction console--they have already released a 67 Camaro/Firebird one in pebble-grain black) ever gets theirs to market I may consider purchasing one, if it's a good repro. Someone else on this board bought a 67 repro and posted pictures and commented that it looked great. Fortunately, the burlwood on my dash seems okay and pretty well matches the other pieces. Only the thin chrome striping on the dash is worn in a couple of places which I will restore with some touch-up paint.

By the way, the prices I've seen quoted for the long-awaited repro are in the $300-400 range, which (would) buy a multi-piece part with large pot metal chrome plated casting, a platic base and and some burlwood covers. A recently reproduced console (all chrome plated pot metal) for my 65 Corvette retails for nearly $500, so the OER piece if it ever gets here and it's good, won't be exhorbitantly priced by comparison.

grant