Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
I am still stumped by the different finishes for the grilles. One has silver highlights, the other has all black. I’ve looked at dozens of pictures and there doesn’t seem to be rhyme nor reason for these differences. I’ve seen early builds and late builds, U codes and T codes and Hursts, all having either black or silver grilles
I picked up a complete setup from @Big_John, but decided to go with the silver highlights of my original. Good thing I picked these up however, I needed the support brackets and other hardware that attach to the core support. I had brackets from the ‘69 which once again were completely different than the ones for ’70.
The marker light assemblies had been tucked away for years. I had picked up NOS lenses a few years back, and just needed to clean up and install. To my surprise, I had two left side housings! Damn, I cannot catch a break this year!
Back to eBay and I found a listing for a RH housing, but under closer inspection it was indeed a LH bezel. You can tell by the orientation of the red highlights, a LH bezel situated on the right would not line up with the grille. Once again another member, @challenger340 posted a ‘70 300 parts car and the correct housing is on its way!
Of course, I could have snagged all these parts from my TX9, but then I’d eventually need another parts car for my parts car…..
Note the left side NOS lens is not painted with the flat black ends. Every left side NOS lens I’ve seen online is unpainted. Did they run out of paint? the Mopar Mysteries are frustrating and fascinating at the same time.
I picked up a complete setup from @Big_John, but decided to go with the silver highlights of my original. Good thing I picked these up however, I needed the support brackets and other hardware that attach to the core support. I had brackets from the ‘69 which once again were completely different than the ones for ’70.
The marker light assemblies had been tucked away for years. I had picked up NOS lenses a few years back, and just needed to clean up and install. To my surprise, I had two left side housings! Damn, I cannot catch a break this year!
Back to eBay and I found a listing for a RH housing, but under closer inspection it was indeed a LH bezel. You can tell by the orientation of the red highlights, a LH bezel situated on the right would not line up with the grille. Once again another member, @challenger340 posted a ‘70 300 parts car and the correct housing is on its way!
Of course, I could have snagged all these parts from my TX9, but then I’d eventually need another parts car for my parts car…..
Note the left side NOS lens is not painted with the flat black ends. Every left side NOS lens I’ve seen online is unpainted. Did they run out of paint? the Mopar Mysteries are frustrating and fascinating at the same time.
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