[NorCam]

Great thread,

I bought an old race car last year that hadn't been on the road since late 1970. The original owner has now become a pretty good friend as well as a source for old photos of the car dating back to when he owned and raced the car from 1969 onward. After seeing pictures of the car in street trim from 1970 with a flat hood, I asked him when he changed the hood to the raised cowl and asked why the grill was now black. He replied that he ordered the factory cowl hood and he sounded pretty sure of himself. Not to argue I referenced the pics he sent me from 1970 and told him they clearly showed a flat hood and a silver grill. He said he couldn't recall why the grill would have been changed (maybe color preference) and then sort of recalled that the hood was dealer installed just before it was taken off the road and converted to Super Stock in around 71. All pictures of the car show the cowl hood from about 72 onward.

Point here is that original owners of 47 years can often be incorrect on certain statements or aspects of a car, and often forget things they may have changed or thought were once factual about the car. I'm really glad mine still had the original rubber bumper, and after reading this thread I will now inspect the black grill that came in it to see if it's in fact white underneath? Good read here and thanks for sticking around throughout the debate Tom. That's a very nice car you have there!

I would love to see more of the car including pictures of the interior, engine bay and underside. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]