I have a couple of 69's and built one 69 with 68 front clip. the lower
valence was a satin black not flat. I still have a spare factory painted
valence and it is satin finish. Hope this helps.
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From: "Bill Lessenberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Front valance for 68 Chevelle
I believe that they were the same color black as the rockers, more of a
satin than a flat. You can look on Dale's site www.chevellestuff.com for
some pics of 68 Elky's.
BillL
At 06:54 PM 5/31/2006, you wrote:
I'm getting down to the details on the restoration of the '68 El Camino
now. A long time ago, I painted the lower section of the car (below the
chrome line) black. Prior to this, the car only had it's stock paint job
on it.
The valance that sits on the bottom of the grill, and just under the front
bumper iss painted black. I was thinking that years ago, I must have
painted that black, and it was originally body color. Upon further
inspection, it appears that it may have originally been black. I can't
find any body color under the black on it. Can anyone confirm that these
were (flat black?) black on 68 Chevelles and El Camino's from the factory?
I was all set to paint it body color, but now I'm thinking that this would
be incorrect. Thanks for the help.
Kevin Riel
