[Zmagnette] Refinishing dash (facia!) Types of wood it is made out of?

[Edward Brorein]

Hi all, I've been having a lot of fun restoring my dash. It's been a real education to say the least! After a lot of small repairs required, inflicted by the PO attempting to restore it (it would have been a lot less work if it had never been touched). I've gotten all the veneered parts re-veneered with the appropriate veneers and they are looking really nice. I'm now working on the dash top which is a solid piece of wood. I've gotten it all stripped and sanded smooth. I need to do some work on the cowl or binnacle(?) that sits over the speedometer, which got me investigating what kind of wood this thing was really made out of. I know its been said it is mahogany, but really studying this over, doing some research, and matching it up to a lot of samples of other woods I have, its looking like a dead ringer for walnut actually, and not a very good match for mahogany. Could it be the factory that made the wood dash assemblies possibly use different wood
 at different periods when making them??? Thanks, Ed
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