How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 bee?
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How do you know if the piece between the grills of a 70 super bee should be chrome or body color? Is it on the buildsheet? Was it by color? I know the chrome center is a "sleeve" that fits over the painted center piece. I just don't know when to use it. THX in advance. And just for the record, this is the little wedge piece that connects the 2 front bumper loops.
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 bee?
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You could be right steve. I don't remember which one was on top to be honest.
Restoring a car to look "only" as good as the factory made it is like getting a boob job for your wife and having the doctor make them two different sizes to seem more natural
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 b
[Re: Bull1tt]
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Color should be OVER the chrome
The chrome part is similar in thickness to the bumper loops and bolts between them... effectively part of the collective "bumper". The painted part is thin sheet metal overlay that attaches with two rivets at the bottom.
I don't know the answer to your question. But my '70 Bee is a Medium price class and it has the overlay. It's actually an added part, so it's not like it is a cost saving feature.
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 b
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What Steve said. The colored pce is a sheet metal cover which is rivited to the chrome center bumper. We had a LENGTHY post on this a couple years back and the consensus was.....there WAS no concensus. None of us could figure out any sort of pattern on the chrome vs. painted. We tried build dates, plants, models, optional with valance moulding or bumperette packages....... If anyone out there has any info, or even a theory, lets hear it! Dave
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 b
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I know the answer! Sedans and wagons got the chrome, and 2-doors got the color. I can't be 100% sure about all the 2-doors as the article in Collectible Automobile said most, but I feel secure in suggesting the Bee should be colored.
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 b
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Painted cover over chrome, got one if you need to buy one or other '70 Bee stuff. Sold my 6pak, 4psd, super trak pac car, don't need spare parts.
I'm the CARETAKER of Weinstats '69 440 'cuda registry and have 104 of the 360 cars to date. 84 fastbacks/20 coupes. Always looking for new(REAL M-code) '69 440 'cudas to add to the registry so drop me a note if any are found or known. This isn't a publicly released registry. Thanks, Dave
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 b
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100% correct
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 b
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I have owned a few 70-s Super Bee RT 500 and a Coronet station wagon.My wagon has just chrome in the center .On that center cover thats riveted .As my 500 and Super Bee and RT did have the cover painted as the car.I got a few of the centers sitting in a box with the cover never removed .Wonder why Chrysler would have spent the $ and then cover up the chrome
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Re: How do you know if the grill center is chrome, 70 b
[Re: Diego (not Ted)]
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My 70 superbee is body colored. I am the 3rd owner of it and it is a 50,000 mile car. only 1 repaint on it but original owner said the car is like it left the factory. Just my David
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