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[njsteve]

Awesome car! I can feel your pain about non-conforming examples. I had a 1969 Z11 Pace Car a few years back that was a Zone show car with every option on it (excapt a big block). I even had original owner photos from the day he bought it that showed the non-conforming pinstripes around the main orange hood and trunk stripes. The gap between them was the same width as the actual pinstripe, which was noticeably different than the blue-print proportions put out by Chevrolet. That got debated quite a bit and I even lost points at a judging for it. But in the end, it didn't bother me because the orignal owner was the true judge of how the car was at the time it was deliverd as he was the ultimate witness to its status in 1969.

[camaromb]

When did the standard '69 Camaro grille start being produced in a black plastic rather than the off-white we are most familiar with on original cars? The NOS grilles have been black for many years. I believe the factory RS grilles were formed in black plastic for the '69 production rather than the off-white, at least what I have seen on some original cars.

[wundercluck]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: camaromb</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When did the standard '69 Camaro grille start being produced in a black plastic rather than the off-white we are most familiar with on original cars? The NOS grilles have been black for many years. I believe the factory RS grilles were formed in black plastic for the '69 production rather than the off-white, at least what I have seen on some original cars. </div></div>

So did they even produce black non RS grilles back in the day?

[WorkinProgress]

Mark,

The black plastic standard grill shows available in my 12-1-68 parts book along with the standard silver grill.

January 1973 the standard silver grill was discontinued and you were to use the standard black grill as its replacement.

There are also two grills for R.S., one silver and one black.

- Warren

[camaromb]

Warren,
It's surprising that the black standard grille was available that early considering it is not what was used in production?
Mark

[X66 714]

SS cars had black grills...Joe