My 67 Alpine bought new is paint code #1 Embassy Black had semi-matte
behind the grille work.
Hope this helps,
Curt
In a message dated 9/24/2009 8:40:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mark.rense@ge.com writes:
OK group, here's a question: what about black cars? Did they still use
the semi-gloss black behind the grill or was it the one exemption?
Bugz
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Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:57 PM
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Subject: [Tigers] Paint behind grille work
Owain,
I purchased my 67 Alpine new and have owned 16 Alpines & Tigers. From
the factory my Alpine had everything behind the lower grille chrome and
upper grille chrome painted a semi-matte black including the curved
sides. I have had many other original Tigers and Alpines that had the
same. and it didn't matter what the body color was. Most of the
repainted cars I've purchased have had body color behind the grille, I
guess to save time & money.
I guess Rootes did it that way to show off the center grille bars!!!!
Hope this helps,
Curt Meinel
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