Thanks for confirming guys... really appreciate the advice.
Regarding the paint between the ribs on a 67 Beaumont, I'm under the impression no paint was applied? (OR possibly painted light grey like the tail light trim).
(I currently have cheap Chevelle repos installed on my car)
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Thanks for confirming guys... really appreciate the advice.
Regarding the paint between the ribs on a 67 Beaumont, I'm under the impression no paint was applied? (OR possibly painted light grey like the tail light trim).
(I currently have cheap Chevelle repos installed on my car)
^^^^ Beaumont rocker moldings are painted light grey like the tail light trim...IMO that's correct Kyle.
- at least that's how my NOS pair came into my procession painted, last year
- ordered from GM, 25 years ago (story goes) and a guy had never used them...'67 Beaumont long gone, and the pair of trim stored in the rafters of his garage, all that time
I couldn't believe my luck - I make arrangements to buy a left NOS 1/4 panel (ordered in '83), so drive there and seller said:
- "buddy just dropped off new Beaumont rocker trim this morning, for me to sell for him...if your interested...still in the original GM wrappers"
I've been following this thread and wondering about the correct beaumont rocker trim colour... Larry has a NOS Beaumont rocker trim, with charcoal painted between the ribs, which is the same colour for the 67 Chevelle SS rocker trim... I'd suspect anyone who has a lighter version is just a peice that is showing wear.
anyone have a nos Beaumont peice that is different? I replaced mine in '88 with GM ones that are also charcoal, my original ones are up in the attic at my dads, one day I'll dig them up to try to find any traces of paint colour.
ak
-- Edited by ak 67sd on Thursday 12th of February 2015 09:13:03 PM
I think the paint wore off pretty quick on the original peices... Maybe this weekend I'll get a chance to check out my old ones, you would think if they were grey there would traces of the paint.
I think the paint wore off pretty quick on the original peices... Maybe this weekend I'll get a chance to check out my old ones, you would think if they were grey there would traces of the paint.
ak
I once asked Don Earnshaw about the correct paint color. (original owner of a 67SD & President of the Chevelles & Beaumont Car Club). He indicated that his rockers had absolutely no paint, and didn't ever remember there being paint between the grooves when he bought the car back in '67.
...the mystery continues
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My brother checked my old ones out for me, and he says they look unpainted...maybe I'll get out there this weekend. So interesting that Larrys NOS peice is the same as a Chevelle...did they run out of unpainted ones and replacements were the same as chevelles...or maybe a mid year change? Dons car is a later build I believe...hmmm...good to hear a first hand account.
I had 4 NOS 67 Chevelle rocker trims... every one was painted differently... some grey some black. One was a really HEAVY mettalic grey. All were purchased from GM and in the original paper backed packages.
Gary
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This is the GM #3904584 on my Beaumont NOS rocker trim. - if some one has both the Chevelle & Beaumont parts book, I wonder if the numbers are identical or different in 1967 ??
-- Edited by Beaumont67SD on Friday 13th of February 2015 12:54:34 PM
Hi just thought I'd follow up on this thread now that I dug my old ones out. They have no paint, and no remnants of there ever being any paint along the entire length. I took these off my car (an early build SD) about 30 years ago, I did paint the bottom edge black since they were showing wear, and a year later I replaced them with chevelle repops.
Here's a pic for reference, very shiny in between the ribs. ak
