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Oct 29, 2008 | 02:05 PM

Whitfield

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Egg Crates?

Why is it that I see egg crates on '70-'72 Vettes that are painted differently? I'm going to look at a '71 that looks like the entire egg crate is silver. I have read that the tips of the vertical/horizontal "vanes" will vary depending on the year but, I'm confused about the whole piece being a silver color. Could anyone explain this to me? Thanks

Oct 29, 2008 | 02:08 PM

rcread

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They came from the factory painted, with the edges showing silver. Many people, including the previous owner of my car, decide not to have them painted when they re-plate them.

Oct 29, 2008 | 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitfield

Why is it that I see egg crates on '70-'72 Vettes that are painted differently? Could anyone explain this to me? Thanks

Owner preference....they sure didn't come from the factory that way.

Oct 29, 2008 | 03:31 PM

7T1vette

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Many '70-72 C3's have been repainted. Most don't know how to repaint the 'eggcrates' correctly...or they just don't want to fool with them to do it right.

Oct 29, 2008 | 04:09 PM

Easy Mike

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This will help.

Oct 29, 2008 | 04:37 PM

John D.

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I was always under the impression that they where painted the same color as body color????
Having them replated and polished would be much more expensive than just painting them.

Oct 29, 2008 | 05:09 PM

Alan 71

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I believe that the 70 grills have only HORIZONTAL chromed bars. Most 71s and all 72s have HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL chromed bars. If you have the two styles together it's pretty easy to see the difference. It's not that they were just painted differently, the grills themselves were different.
Regards,
Alan

PS: Some people feel that SOME silver cars had the grills completely painted (no chrome showing), but that there were no unpainted grills.

Last edited by Alan 71; Oct 29, 2008 at 05:12 PM.