Why ignore the pristine NOS side by side comparisons and counter with old, dilapidated examples to prove a point? Lets concentrate on the picture you posted and continue with that train of thought. The grill and shaker does not match just like the hood and fender paint does not match. There are areas within the same painted body panels that do not match in and of themselves. The door and fender paint does not match the front bumper paint! Using your posted photo and logic, should we also conclude that the paint applied at the factory did not match between the various body panels? Isn’t the grill opening an area that would have been exposed to 40 years of dirt and soot being pulled in by the radiator fan? Why use a grass stained, filthy dirty, 40 year old grill in an attempt to validate or promote a “new” paint appearance from the factory? I guess if you search long and hard enough, you can find anything to support a hypothesis.
