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Old 10-10-2019, 12:19 PM
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The bumper filler panels under my headlights on my 67 are painted body color. I was told that this is incorrect for a 67. I was told that 66's are body color but 67's should be painted semi-flat black. What's correct?
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Old 10-10-2019, 01:12 PM
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The bumper filler panels under my headlights on my 67 are painted body color. I was told that this is incorrect for a 67. I was told that 66's are body color but 67's should be painted semi-flat black. What's correct?
Generally speaking, they're supposed to be black. But that doesn't mean they actually were, because different plants.
If you study 428ho4spd's pics (amazing car btw) you'll see that Fremont CA used body color.



And here's an assembly line photo showing black.
(based on the overspray, I believe it's Pontiac MI)


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Old 10-10-2019, 04:26 PM
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Thanks 242177P, my car was built in Pontiac so looks like I’ll be doing some painting. I’ve been following 428ho4spd’s post and i did notice they were painted body color. Agree that it’s an amazing car.

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Old 10-10-2019, 05:58 PM
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Yes I believe there was one plant or so that painted them body color but the Pontiac plant definitely painted them black; whatever gloss level was, semi or satin.

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Old 10-10-2019, 06:57 PM
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1967 GTO with 9820 Original miles.

PON 06A with painted body color (Sherwood Green) bumper filler panels.

Note, 1968 upper T-3

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Old 10-11-2019, 11:36 AM
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It appears that the correct color is black. It also appears that it varies from plant to plant or wasn't adhered to very strictly. A friend has an original paint unmolested 67 built in Framingham. I was finally able to contact him. He sent me this photo, his are black..
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Old 10-11-2019, 12:29 PM
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It appears that the correct color is black. It also appears that it varies from plant to plant or wasn't adhered to very strictly. A friend has an original paint unmolested 67 built in Framingham. I was finally able to contact him. He sent me this photo, his are black..
Hi frank

What color is his car ? I’d love to see a pic of a umolested 67 built in Framingham

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Well I stand corrected based on the Sherwood Green car. I remember reading it somewhere, likely the GTO Restoration Guide; guess there will always be anomalies.

FWIW both my PON 09A and 10A were black.

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Old 10-11-2019, 01:13 PM
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What color is his car ? I’d love to see a pic of a umolested 67 built in Framingham
It’s gold. I’ll be going to a show this weekend with him and will get some photos.

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My Pontiac built original paint '67 is body color, Linden Green.

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Old 10-13-2019, 08:53 AM
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FWIW, my Baltimore (Jan) 67, a Kansas City (May) 67 I had, & a customer's Baltimore (Jan) 67 were all black. Years ago I helped someone finish another Baltimore (Dec 66) 67 car that he was taking for judging at a POCI convention (West Va. I think). He argued that painted (Cameo) was correct, I argued black. Judges ruled against him for the fillers being body color, but I don't know if they consider plant origin.

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I saw a 1967 GTO many years ago with just over 10K documented miles. It was positively unmolested that had 1 of each. One side was black and one was white (body color). Factory screw up?

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1967 GTO with 9820 Original miles.

PON 06A with painted body color (Sherwood Green) bumper filler panels.

Note, 1968 upper T-3

Chris.
Would love to see more pictures of this '67..
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Appears to be an original paint Baltimore built car that just popped up on eBay.
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Old 10-15-2019, 07:36 AM
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My dad's Tyrol Blue 67 was a Pontiac Mi built car. This has been a 1 owner and has had one repaint in 1999 by me. The fillers were painted Tyrol Blue.

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Well I am totally confused now. Seems like quite a few were painted body color in this thread.

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Old 11-12-2019, 07:26 AM
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There's really no one size fits all with this stuff.
As I have always said NEVER SAY NEVER,
This post as many others just show nothing was set in stone.
So either is correct, for a "Judge" to argue this point is laughable.

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My Tyrol blue Baltimore 67 (12/66) has blue painted fillers. Interesting that Steve’s Baltimore 1/67 has black fillers. Maybe when my car was painted about 30 years ago they changed the color???

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After looking at a lot of pictures and seeing many survivor/restored cars that have the fillers body color I can see why the factory did it that way. My car was built in Pontiac. To my knowledge mine were always black. From this thread I am to assume that is more common (but as stated anything can happen)? We haven't painted my car yet I'm leaning towards painting the fillers body color.

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