By "rockers" are you refering to the area below the lower chrome strip? If
so, what if that color is NOT black, but (in my case) blue? Would the
valance be blue too? This is what I thought, but I can't find any of the
stock blue color on this piece. It sure seems funny to have this piece
black when the rest of the car was blue. However, it's awfully close to the
grill (you have to cut a rivet to get it free), so it's possible it was
painted when parts of the grill were blacked out.
Kevin Riel
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From: "Bill Lessenberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <Chevelle-list@chevelles.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:58 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
