On early cars, the grates were body color. Custom folks had them chromed.
Both of the 64 models that I had were painted, as were the 3 67 cars that I
previously owned.
Sid
>From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
>Reply-To: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Air vent grate mesh
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:37:21 -0800
>
>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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