Yes it was a (very common) mistake. The correct black out is semi flat, sloppily applied. At any rate, these cars certainly look great with everything painted the body color....so I would say its a matter of personal preference. Donnt, 64 Belvedere> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> From: gary.futrell@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: paint color behind the grille and headlamps?> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:31:13 -0500> > Were they all painted flat black from the factory ? My painter> initially painted my 64 Savoy flat black behind the grill , but on the> advice of a friend of mine, who's uncle owned a Dodge dealership back> in day, I had the painter repaint it body color. Was it a mistake ?> > > Gary> > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:41 AM, David orr <fe2orr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> >> > flat black from the factory Dave O> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "Douglas Sutherland" <pluckedchickens@xxxxxxxxxxx>> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:18 AM> > Subject: paint color behind the grille and headlamps?> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > Are you supposed to see the body/paint color peeking out from behind the> > > grille and headlamps or was that metal painted black at the factory? Flat> > > or gloss black?> > >> > > Thanks for your input!> > > Doug> > >> > > _________________________________________________________________> > > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser!> > > http://biggestloser.msn.com/> > > --> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]> > >> > >> > > ----> > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person --> > > directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and> > > negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended> > > recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect> > > your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content> > > signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!> > >> > > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:> > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > ----> > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!> >> > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:> > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.> >> >> > _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. This email was sent to: arc.6265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx u/?bUrDWg.bSONJP.YXJjLjYy ?p=TEXFOOTER