Stripe Delete JL8 Z28

[X66 714]

SS cars had black grills...Joe

[JL8Tom]

Attached are pictures of original grill. It appears to have originally been a silver grill painted black, surprisingly done sometime prior to my ownership the first time around, I purchased it the first time with 12,000 miles on it. I doubt the factory or dealership would have painted it black. A NOS grill came with the car when I purchased it the second time. Original grill had a crack in it and that owner purchased a new one (see attached tag from box), it is black. I replaced the original grill with the NOS Black grill, never gave it a second thought thinking the black grill was correct, I did keep the original grill thankfully, oh well live and learn. I do like the look of the black grill.

[JL8Tom]

one more picture

[JL8Tom]

ok, that pic didnt come out so good.......

[70 copo]

Tom,

Thanks for clearing that up... Now let's see more of this great car! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[Kurt S]

Thanks!
That's real proof, not musings or recollections. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[bigsixman]

Thanks for taking the time to post the correct information concerning your grill.

[lowmile]

Excellent work! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] When pressed many folks would have just packed it in and left everyone to wonder. Kudos to you for setting the record straight.Guys like you are what make this hobby great. M

[Lynn]

Some Z's just look better with the black grill.
I had a 69 Z, Cortez Silver, and purposely repainted the grill black.

[NorCam]

Great thread,

I bought an old race car last year that hadn't been on the road since late 1970. The original owner has now become a pretty good friend as well as a source for old photos of the car dating back to when he owned and raced the car from 1969 onward. After seeing pictures of the car in street trim from 1970 with a flat hood, I asked him when he changed the hood to the raised cowl and asked why the grill was now black. He replied that he ordered the factory cowl hood and he sounded pretty sure of himself. Not to argue I referenced the pics he sent me from 1970 and told him they clearly showed a flat hood and a silver grill. He said he couldn't recall why the grill would have been changed (maybe color preference) and then sort of recalled that the hood was dealer installed just before it was taken off the road and converted to Super Stock in around 71. All pictures of the car show the cowl hood from about 72 onward.

Point here is that original owners of 47 years can often be incorrect on certain statements or aspects of a car, and often forget things they may have changed or thought were once factual about the car. I'm really glad mine still had the original rubber bumper, and after reading this thread I will now inspect the black grill that came in it to see if it's in fact white underneath? Good read here and thanks for sticking around throughout the debate Tom. That's a very nice car you have there!

I would love to see more of the car including pictures of the interior, engine bay and underside. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]