A guy over on CC.com just bought a red 72 that also originally had the V21 option. Hopefully he will decide to put it back that way. I posted a link to a couple of your pictures over there.

Your car is looking great. Keep the pictures coming.

I just redid the "Challenger" grill emblem on my car. I put some petrolium jelly on the face of the letters before spraying the whole thing with Trim Black. Once the paint was dry, the areas that were covered in the jelly, just wiped clean. That seemed to work pretty well. Try that next time instead of taking a blade to the chrome.