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southernfriedcj · #**5431** 03-07-2019, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Question for the pros, I've owned a lot of 1st gen Firebirds and I never saw a Firebird or GTO back in the day with the hood scoop inserts on the 400 hood painted black. They were always body color.

A neighbor had a '69 RAIV GTO back in '78 and those were body color too.

Now I see a lot(maybe 1/4 or so) of the cars with the inserts painted black.

What gives? Were some inserts painted black like this '70 Judge in the picture and other folks incorrectly followed suit?

Lee Stewart · #**5432** 03-07-2019, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by southernfriedcj

Question for the pros, I've owned a lot of 1st gen Firebirds and I never saw a Firebird or GTO back in the day with the hood scoop inserts on the 400 hood painted black. They were always body color.

A neighbor had a '69 RAIV GTO back in '78 and those were body color too.

Now I see a lot(maybe 1/4 or so) of the cars with the inserts painted black.

What gives? Were some inserts painted black like this '70 Judge in the picture and other folks incorrectly followed suit?

That was a feature on the 1970 GTO Judge