U.S Member Spity showed me a picture of a door panel with" INVADER " pressed in the vinyl, No idea of year 62-5? An did CANSO/BEAUMONT models have similar option?Are 65 invader original panels all vinyl with bead rolled patterns pressed in them, But seen polyester/vinyl as well in older CANSO models
Never seen that nameplate on any before but that doesn't mean they're not original.
Here's a pic of a '63 Beaumont panel (black) and a '62 Beaumont panel (gold). Both are all vinyl no polyester but again not sure about Invader or Canso.
I found this very interesting. When I first saw these panels, I thought they must be some kind of custom panels with the Invader name pressed on them. I knew my 62 Acadian beaumont and all the others I had seen were not this two tone pattern. While browsing through eBay today, I came across a 62 Chevy II for sale and decided to take a closer look because it was void of any exterior trim so I wondered if someone had removed it as so many times happens with the early Chevy II's. Well this car was plain jane because it was a Chevy II 100 model which was the same as the Invader model of the Acadians. Here is a picture of the door panels in that car: Too bad the file is so small, I can't resize it but the panel is identical to the red and white one. This tells me the red and white panels are original Invader from 1962.
-- Edited by forespeed on Monday 15th of February 2010 06:35:39 PM
U.S Member Spity showed me a picture of a door panel with" INVADER " pressed in the vinyl,
Hey Bob,
I am confident my door panels are original. If you look at page 11 of the 1963 Acadian sales brochure, you will see the same thing for a 2 door in green including pressed in "Invader". The only difference is they are two tone green not green and white.
U.S Member Spity showed me a picture of a door panel with" INVADER " pressed
