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Going by the engineering drawings the painted applique was used on :
Coronet 440 2dr ht's
Coronet 500 Hardtops and converts
Superbee-all
R/T all
I used to sell tons of chrome centers to customers who wanted to dress up the front ends of their Bees.
As far as front valence trim goes don't forget about Option A48-Front End Ornamental Package which was available on all models and consisted of front bumper guards and the front stone shield moulding.
This code does appear on fender tags excluding the Lynch Road tags.
I just did a quick scan of 20 Bee and R/T broadcast sheets and whats strange is some non A48 package cars have the trim and others don't.Definetly needs more study.




Great info and consistent with what I've seen. I'm basically basing my observations on the cars I've seen (in person and pictures) so now, 44 years later, it's a bit of a chore to separate all the ones that have been changed/modified. Almost without exception, any 'Bee or R/T sporting the chrome has been otherwise modified or restored "with liberties" and any survivors and 100 point restos have had the painted cap. I'm pretty confident that all 'Bees and R/T's were supposed to have the painted center, but information on the less collectible models is much harder to come by. I suspected that 440's and 500's had a mix of both based on body style.....makes sense.

I'm still unclear on the valance (stone shield) moulding; I know A48 says bumper guards with stone shield moulding, but I've never found any option that talkes about just the stone shield moulding by itself...yet I've seen enough cars to suggest that possibility. This is consistent with what you've found but doesn't suggest an answer.

Dave

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