My unrestored '59 came equipped with padded dash. It is still in remarkably good shape but there is some evidence of foam deterioration. The red covering material (vinyl, Naugahyde?) has some areas of warping/looseness.

I'm not too concerned about it now, but my question is this: What's under the padded dash? Was the padded dash option just something that was added over the stock steel dash?

Thanks,

Clark