OK, I talked with Paul about these and I took a closer look at his '55. He has an early dash but it had the late dash cap on it which had me confused so he has an early dash to use as a pattern. He is going to look at making a cap out of fiberglass for the older dash only since I told him the newer one is readily available.
The newer dash cap he has looks really good with the grain pattern and all. I thought it was from the states but when it's pulled off you can see the raw fiberglass underneath (dash caps from the states are smooth on the back side, at least mine was for my '76).
The dash cap, as we talked about it will cover the old dash c/w a drop down that goes around the "Land Cruiser" emblem and tailgate switch.
How many folks are TRULY interested in the early cap AND are willing to pony up cash to have one made? If there are enough interested folks out there and we make a run you can expect probably a 2 month delivery. Shipping would be out of either Houston, TX or Savannah, GA assuming we can get container space.