John,
Nope!!!! I have a 66 and it was always painted. Look at magazine articles of
the day and you'll see it was painted.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: Air vent grate mesh
> I am not an authority, but my observation has been that the
> earlier cars have chrome grilles while later cars have body-color.
>
> I don't know when the change took place, but I strongly
> suspect it was 67.5 and had to do with the DOT 'no shiny parts'
> ruling. 67.5 is when the chrome gauge surrounds disappeared.
> Non-US cars may differ.
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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