Were some of these made from plywood?

I believe that the stock ones were made of a 1/4 inch pressed board, more like cardboard (strong, but flimsy. I have heard of people making them aftermarket with either plywood or MDF. The fake vinyl stiching is a good way to tell if yours is stock or not. Also under the vinyl along the edges there is like a plastic cap (I know this because mine is seperating there). I remeber a post not too long ago about someone wanting to make some in Canada and ship small batches (his mom was gonna do the sewing) Just do a search!

-Chris

I just found some closely matching vinyl in order to recover an extra factory console I have. It looks like it will be pretty easy to do though there's no way to duplicate the factory faux, melted plastic, seam. Actually I'm thinking one could make their own console and make it much better than stock.

I had the factory console for my 73 recovered. I haven't assembled it yet. It is made out of mahogany plywood, had the fake sewn seam.

New seam:

Yep, they're made from ply. On the outside they have a pine edge for the first 1/2" (that I don't like, it hard against the leg) then foam pad, then the cover over top.

The pine edge is to prevent tearing along the edge of the board.