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Old Apr 19, 2015 | 08:42 PM
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As I understand it the side "gills" were partially blacked out in 68...my question is, was this also done on black cars?
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Hi D,
From the NCRS 68-69 TIM&JG:
It's just the last (nearest the cowl) louver on each side that received semi-gloss black paint 'blackout'.
On cars with exterior black paint it appears to be body color.
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For 68 and 69, the last gill on each side is not functional and are closed off. They got blacked out to give the appearance of them being open.

I don't know if black cars received the same treatment.
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Thanks guys. Sometimes I have a tough time finding things in the TIM&JG, looked for 10 minutes before posting, found it within 30 seconds after Alan's reply
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On black cars, the 'dummy' gill was just painted regular body color.
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