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Old 04-07-2020, 12:27 AM
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Default 1969 Camaro Headlight Bucket Finish

Hey everyone,

Hoping someone can help confirm the correct finish on the inner headlight bucket for a 1969 Camaro. One side was in black paint and the other side in zinc-cad finish. Which is correct if restoring? Car has never been wrecked but can’t confirm one of the buckets hasn’t been replaced at some point in its life...

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Old 04-07-2020, 12:43 AM
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30% gloss on frame or housing. Actual bucket that headlight sets up against is gloss black. Incidentally, the left bucket (gloss part) on a regular grille is the same as the rt on an RS and vice-versa
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Old 04-07-2020, 06:54 PM
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I picked up a pair of headlight buckets at a swap meet once, perportedly for 69 Camaro, and they were galvanized. Any chance different suppliers provided black vs galvanized? If not, any clue what they were really for?
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I have a March VanNuys car & they were both black originally...
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I noticed on a hand full of '67 Camaro's that I worked on, they had a zinc, cad, or galvanized finish on the buckets but always painted black on a '69.

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