[njsteve]

Originally Posted by 1973Formula

Hey Steve-

I really like the look of the plastic valance. What parts do you need to swap from metal to plastic? Do you have any idea how the repop models compare with the originals? I am willing to do the body work even on a new repop. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

From what I have heard, the body lines are not as crisp on the Parts Place ABS plastic repro and it requires a bunch of filler and sanding to make it appear correct. The mounting hole problem is the same as well, and they cut out the mounting holes for the T/A spoiler as circular holes instead of rectangular ones.

[smaman]

It's subtle, but the poly valence really does look better. Nice work!

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by njsteve

From what I have heard, the body lines are not as crisp on the Parts Place ABS plastic repro and it requires a bunch of filler and sanding to make it appear correct. The mounting hole problem is the same as well, and they cut out the mounting holes for the T/A spoiler as circular holes instead of rectangular ones.

I forgot to mention, there is a small bracket that member NORWOOD reproduces that goes at the bottom of the radiator support that is used for the poly valance. Maybe he can chime in and provide a photo.

[njsteve]

Someone on the Yenko.net site where I have a companion thread to this one, brought up a good point that it appears the color match for the valance is not very close to the body color.

I responded that these valances were not painted originally: they were molded in body color, or at least what they thought was a semi-close match for body color. So being a shade off, actually looks more original than being an exact match.

Back then, polyethylene was a new "Space Age" polymer and the engineers had not figured out a way to get paint to stick to it so they did the best they could by making them in every single color the cars were available in.