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Hey, paint the top of that cowl black real quick, before you get it all buttoned up!!

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M,

Man you beat me to the punch. I was re-reading the whole thread with the top of the cowl in mind. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif

Rob,

I really like that blue! Got any before pictures I can post on the research site?


Thanks,
Greg R.

Re: way too skinny!
 

I agree with Marlin about the top of the cowl, although you could blow a little blue overspray around. As for those Whitewalls. NO! they won't hook. If I was that car with those tires on, I'd feel like a sumo wrestler with a G string on. The cars gotta be sayin,"come on guys, give me something to work with here".In the day, those thing would have lasted from the dealer, to home. Maybe. Schonye

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They probably were subjected to 'premature wear' from the dealer to home https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

Re: way too skinny!
 

Top of cowl is correctly painted body color.

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Here's a pic of my cowl through the cowl panel.

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Here's another. m

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For us Novice Nova fans,which is it?
Should the top of the Cowl Panel be painted body color,or black,or both,meaning was it a time period/body style issue?

Re: way too skinny!
 

That's overspray, either black or orange whichever was painted first (still under debate), but no cars have their cowl painted body color. (Camaro's yes, oversprayed over the leading edge of the firewall - not a tapeline).

Mark's 5k mile orange nova has an unusual amount of body colored overspray on it, common on orange cars but uncommon on Novas in general.

Re: way too skinny!
 

On three of my original paint cars the the body color was sprayed on first leaving overspray on the cowl and the black shot over the top, with some of the color beeding through. This topic has been debated, but I can only speak for my three cars. The painter stood in front of the cowl and shot what he could reach from there. One the backside of the humps and bumps the black would be thin or not there. m

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Rob I love the Nova thusfar! Except...........Loose those damn white walls! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Hey now!
I might just sneak out to IL late one night and install whitewalls on a specific red deuce https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

Like it or not, that's the way they came - check your book!!

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HEY GUY'S Leave him alone on the skinny tires....if you have those things on there you have a built in excuse for getting beat. If that doesn't work he can use the baby kept me up all night....and on and on and on..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

Firewall Blackout Order
 

Unlike other cars, we do not need to factor in multiple assembly plants since from 1968 until 1972 the Chevy II and Nova was only made at Willow Run. During these years I have seen original cars done the same way.

The confusing part is the appearance of body color under the cowl vent and in the opening between the fender and the cowl. See both of lowmiles pics above.

Theory number one:

Body color was shot first and black shot over top. Do not know if the whole firewall was painted body color. However lowmile’s orange car might have been.

In the normal course of painting the body color, paint would have over sprayed onto the firewall. How much paint that made it to the firewall probably varied from painter to painter. Then the back out was sprayed from the front of the car. The areas that body color shows through are areas that are at such angle that only the diligent painter would have covered them. Again check out both pics above. There might have been masks on the sides of the cowl. Since no black over spray appears on them.

Theory number two:

The firewall was blacked out first. Then a blanket was placed over the firewall and body color sprayed. This could account for body color in the opening under the cowl and the sides angled back towards the outside of the car. No body color over spray is on the face of the firewall, but if it did happen it would have been touched up.

Most of the evidence including lowmile’s Novas support theory number one.

So just like over spray under the rockers, there could be plenty of body color or hardly any at all under the cowl vent.

This research topic is still open. If anyone ahs more examples of the firewall demarcation line between the body color and black paint send them to me or post them.

Thanks,
Greg R.