Hi George and Larry, My F also has the unpainted aluminum vent grille. It has a 1/11/60 build date, so it's not really early. Factory mix up maybe? I'm not sure either whether I should restore the car with it or not. Since I now have a J with no engine, I plan to restore the F to stock and used the short rams and headers I have on the car they belong on. For those who don't know, when I bought my car it had a 69 440 (with rams) and a 62 torqueflite. It was quite fast with this set-up, and was undefeated at Pete Fitch's meet in NJ when we all raced at Englishtown. 300ly, Don Verity Rhode Island ----- Original Message ----- From: George Riehl To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Larry Nirenberg Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300F Larry; I have had 2 Fs with the anodized aluminum insert. Neither were painted. Why? I have no answer! I do not know if it was an option but have never seen it on any option list. But, I have seen Plymouths of that era with the aluminum, unpainted. And have seen one other '60 F with it. George Riehl ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Nirenberg To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 7:18 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] 300F The vent intake grille between the hood and base of the windshield in my car is natural aluminum maybe anodized hard to tell. I can't seem to find a good picture of this area of an F and having never seen an F in person other than mine I have no idea if this is correct. Should this be body colored? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/