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Old Feb 19, 2026 | 11:04 PM
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No the purple car
Hahaha, sorry. The front and rear were the same size. The company I bought them from had a "taller" version that I had to get. I believe the company was "etmags.com".
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Old Feb 20, 2026 | 02:51 AM
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Hahaha, sorry. The front and rear were the same size. The company I bought them from had a "taller" version that I had to get. I believe the company was "etmags.com".
I meant the rear bumper cover
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Old Feb 20, 2026 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 7t9l82
I meant the rear bumper cover
I'll get your answer eventually...

The rear bumper cover is the stock 1978 cover with the added 1978 indy pace car rear spoiler. So basically, I added the 78 pace car front and rear spoilers, and the L88 hood.
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Old Feb 20, 2026 | 08:01 PM
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The car in post #6 is not a 79 rear cover I have a 79 that came from the factory with the pace car spoilers . The car in question has a chrome bumper style conversion piece. I'm wondering who that cover was made by.
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Old Feb 20, 2026 | 09:46 PM
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Gotcha. In post #17 you had a picture of my car, so I thought you were directing your questions towards me.

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Old Feb 21, 2026 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 7t9l82
The car in post #6 is not a 79 rear cover I have a 79 that came from the factory with the pace car spoilers . The car in question has a chrome bumper style conversion piece. I'm wondering who that cover was made by.
Not my car in post #6 however this is what I did.
The rear tail section on my 73 is the oem factory tail section.
Since I’m deleting the rear chrome bumpers on my 73 I had the body shop mold the lower valance to the tail section and fill all the bumper bracket holes.
The shop also blended the side fenders to remove the bumper steps.
This is what it ended up looking like when finished.
If I was running side pipes they also would have filled in the openings for the exhaust tips.



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The guys name is Don Anderson at Glasworks, a non supporting vender. He hasn't made any for quiet awhile.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ith-paint.html There is a lot of information in this thread.
By the way I made my center caps out of some for an Equinox, I trimmed off the retainers and dented in my dust cap on the front wheels and simply glued them on.


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The guys name is Don Anderson at Glasworks, a non supporting vender. He hasn't made any for quiet awhile.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ith-paint.html There is a lot of information in this thread.
By the way I made my center caps out of some for an Equinox, I trimmed off the retainers and dented in my dust cap on the front wheels and simply glued them on.


I know Don, he made the wiper door cover for my car to allow me to use the short Baldwin motion hood on my car. I thought that may be his work. Thank you!
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those look great i got the same rims. you need a little more color and paint the letters on the tires if there any
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