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**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #**121** 06-04-2004, 02:15 AM

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

Nova Research Project · #**122** 06-04-2004, 07:15 AM

M,

Man you beat me to the punch. I was re-reading the whole thread with the top of the cowl in mind.

Rob,

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

Thanks,
Greg R.

Schonyenko2 · #**123** 06-04-2004, 07:52 AM

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

**Bill Pritchard** · #**124** 06-04-2004, 06:02 PM

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In the day, those thing would have lasted from the dealer, to home. Maybe.

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They probably were subjected to 'premature wear' from the dealer to home

#**125** 06-07-2004, 04:42 AM

Top of cowl is correctly painted body color.

**lowmile** · #**126** 06-07-2004, 05:05 AM

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

**lowmile** · #**127** 06-07-2004, 05:09 AM

Here's another. m

**Mr70** · #**128** 06-07-2004, 05:25 PM

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?

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #**129** 06-07-2004, 06:37 PM

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.

**lowmile** · #**130** 06-07-2004, 08:20 PM

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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