what was done with the park lever slot on manual 62 valiants?

A plastic filler strip was installed instead of the plastic channel liner.

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any chance you have a picture?

Sorry, I don't. It's not hard to imagine; just look at the black plastic liner that's snapped into the dash slot for the park lever and imagine the liner is solid rather than having a slot for the park lever to protrude through.

Note only one kind of instrument panel bezel was used for '62, too; the manual-trans models got a cover plate over the pushbutton holes on the left side.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.