Looks like there's hope on the deco side of things for the Heir with the car radio after all.  He did an online search on a crafts side, and has concluded that in order to go authentic looking at least, he needs what are called texture sheets and foil tape.  Here's some stuff he found with the texture sheets: http://www.shadesofclay.com/products/Tools/Textures/Textures.htm.  He likes what he sees in set B and set D, grid-like and diamond-like designs from back in the post deco era when you saw maroon, French vanilla, and silver and chrome colors.  With chrome that's where the tape foil comes in.  He hasn't come across particular preferred avenues with the tape foil, but the following holds promise for him: http://m.michaels.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Michaels-Site/default/mProduct-Show?pid=sb4197&start=3&q=sheet, http://m.michaels.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Michaels-Site/default/mProduct-Show?pid=cp0503&start=9&q=sheet.  Heir doesn't want to look like he's endorsing one store or product line over another, but right now it's just this one site that's good at listing possible options for him.  That's helpful because you don't always want to schlep to a store just to think about ideas when you should be able to do so on a whim wherever you are.  Only now does the internet start allowing you to do that.  So even though the Heir needs to get and properly install the analog radio first, he sees the following color schemes for a frame: maroon, French vanilla, chrome.  And he sees the following for an inner faceplate: French vanilla, chrome, dull silver.  He would like for the frames and the faceplates to all be interchangeable with one another.  And the faceplates will all be of the textures he said he's attracted to.  Strange how he almost always rubs shoulders with young moms and the daughters at the shops when that's often the only viable avenue with the second pillar.  Oh, and he's also thinking of knob wells as well.