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Originality / X66 headlamp bezel color

« on: December 19, 2006, 03:10:25 PM »

My 69  Camaro is a hugger orange non-rallysport X66 which makes it a big block car (i.e. black grille) without the style trim.

Can someone confirm what the finish would be for the plastic headlamp bezels or surrounds ? 

There are four choices from what I can tell: Argent or black bezels with or without chrome strip around headlamp.

My guess is the bezel color matches the grille color and the chrome strip shows up only with style trim option. 

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General Discussion / Vintage 67 Camaro pics

« on: September 24, 2006, 07:09:33 PM »

The vintage GM photos in the scanned USCC article I posted in the headlamp motor discussion are interesting in their own right. Here they are again, but not so reduced as in the fullpage scans. Enjoy.

Sure looks like a 68 grille to me, but could be the lighting:



What's 'wrong' with this picture:



Check out the stripe treatment:



This could be your mom:



By the way, the 'texture' on the scanned photos is from the paper they were printed on.

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Originality / 69 wiper transmission and cowl plenum area color

« on: June 09, 2006, 04:54:25 PM »

I'm just about to repaint my 69 Hugger Orange SS 396 car. Car has white SS stripes and ivory/black interior.

Currently, the cowl plenum area (area under cowl panel where the wiper linkage is located) is painted body color with the wiper linkage also painted body color.

How was this area painted originally? I saw a post wherein it was claimed the wiper transmission was installed after the body was painted but then I'm confused about whether or not the cowl and transmission linkage was blacked out or not?