Same here, and it didn't need a key either, the ignition switch was worn and would turn without a key.
It was a complex quasiquiddity of beast, coolness (IMI) and technology.:0)
The radios in them had a vibrator tube and sometimes you literally had to pound the dash to get the radio to play (at least in old ones).
I hit that dash so hard sometimes it hurt my fist, but not one dent I could see.