Rear Lid Grille

[67S]

Trying to determine if the rear lid grill for a 1967S was all chrome as it came from the factory? Thanks.

[Gearbox]

Silver anodized aluminum with a satin black mesh.

[67S]

Thank you gentlemen for the quick reply. My mesh is correct, but unfortunately the grill has been painted black. Looks to be quite a project to return to correct finish.

[Rich Lambert]

I completely dismantled the grill on '66 to clean it up. I believe there were over 100 separate pieces. I can't imagine stripping paint off all those. Polishing them was bad enough, but it sure came out nice.

[Gearbox]

The deck lid (engine bonnet) is painted matte black under the grill. If the black paint is missing on a 65-67 car it's been re-painted and finished incorrectly. Points deduction.

Tom

Was the 71S also painted black on the deck lid? Thanks Allan

[bob tilton]

The deck lid (engine bonnet) is painted matte black under the grill. If the black paint is missing on a 65-67 car it's been re-painted and finished incorrectly. Points deduction.

Tom

Tom,
I had always thought this to be true until I saw at least one old time period photo from a 1968 issue of Panorama with the entire decklid painted body color. I am not sure which is correct.

[67S]

I completely dismantled the grill on '66 to clean it up. I believe there were over 100 separate pieces. I can't imagine stripping paint off all those. Polishing them was bad enough, but it sure came out nice.

Considering soda blasting. Otherwise full removal looks near impossible.

[tfiv]

I take it the Jennings car had this feature intact?

[MarkS]

To add: 67 lid the black starts 5MM down.

[Richard]

Regarding removing black paint from your grille I faced the same problem with a 356 grille that the PO had painted black. I used a couple of cans of spray on Jasco paint stripper and a toothbrush that I trimmed to fit between the grille slats. I had to go over it several times and I used a garden hose with a pressure nozzle to clean off the Jasco and loose paint after working it over with the toothbrush. After the first pass I thought it would never work but by the second pass it was starting to look pretty good. One more pass did the trick. It was still a pain but much easier than trying to brush on paint stripper or trying to dissemble the grille. Good luck!