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Old May 22, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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what color should the rear deck lid be underneath? body color or black? what about under the rear vent grills?
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Old May 22, 2006 | 05:03 PM
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You mean "what looks good?" or "what did the factory do?"?

My deck lid is body color both sides with satin black hinges and hardware. The rear astro vent grills are body color while the well inside is flat black.

My car has been repainted twice since 68. No idea what the factory did....I just did what I thought looked good.
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I'm looking for correct. My small block 68 is black under lid and body color under vents but.... My BB car is rare enough that I would like it to be correct wheather it looks best or not!
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Old May 22, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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May not be much help, I have an original '75, and the underside is body color. Some latch hardware is painted, some is natural finish.

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