Z28 Stripes - 69

[Lynn]

Was the wiper linkage black on all the cars? My car is black with white stripes, so I don't know about the other colors. I am assuming yes, because mine was painted before the ends were riveted on, and the paint doesn't look like the full gloss paint.

I will always defer to William on restoration practices, but... my wiper linkage has white over spray from the Z/28 stripes. Car was an original paint car, but we got it in 1975, so some things could have happened before then, like a touch up on one of the stripes.

I always thought the wiper linkage would look better all black and have debated whether to go that way or duplicate what I always thought was the factory white overspray.

On another note, I have seen a lot of discrepancies on stripe taping and placement. I am attaching some pics of my original cowl vent, which I believe is still original paint. Also included a pic of my wiper linkage with the white overspray. If you look at the tape job on the cowl vent, you will see the taper followed the contour very well up the sides of the vents, but missed pretty badly on the rear.