My car's GM documents show they were factory installed and when I got the LeMans they were in the trunk. I put them on the car but don't really like them. They break up the line of the car with a vertical chrome strip.

 

hawkeye5766 wrote:

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To me..looks good on some cars like Ray's. 2nd gen Acadian not so much. Depends on the car. Some models it breaks up the body line too much(stands out). Some yes...some no.

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True ... and moredoors, forget about it. 

To me it depends more on the colour of the car. Lighter colour they blend in more, dark tend to stand out like sore thumb. I like their purpose, just not the look when they detract from the car. Colour matched ones would be great.

I have them on my 64cs. Screw on type. I really think they look good and protect, especially in the garage.
Brian

Like Ray said, my concern with them visually is they might break up the "lines" of our cars- although I think they look good on your '73 Ray. I have a set and wondered if I should ever use them on my 2+2. I'm getting option-itis it seems. Maybe that's because it's easier to collect parts than it is to actually get around to restoring the car.

On that topic, a friend and I bought a '68 Parisienne 2+2 convertible parts car and we will have lots of stuff available soon. I'll start a new thread on that but feel free to PM me if there is anything you have been looking for.

North wrote:

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I like them, they finish the car. Unlike chevies in the late 60s pontiac door edge gards had clips that received screws to hold the guard in place. (Chevies were press fit). The advantage of the Pontiac design (apart from not falling off) is that the gard was much slimmer, barely noticeable on the outside. The Pontiac ones fit beautifully on original paint cars but cheap heavy paint jobs or multiple paint jobs and body filler are obviously problematic.

Did Canadians ponchos use chevy push on or Pontiac screw on guards?

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I can get a photo of a set installed on a car that might be original paint. I will post it when I get it. 

 

Hmmm.... I opted not to reinstall mine but they did have a retention screw, so far as I recall.   

73SC wrote:

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I don't really like them. They break up the line of the car with a vertical chrome strip.

 

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forespeed wrote:

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It's funny, I had lots of options on a 69 Nova SS I restored in the 80's.  It was red with black vinyl top and I had NOS bumper guards and all the exterior options.  Chrome around the windows and along the rocker panels.  I added stainless door edge guards and it really complemented the looks of the car.

Not sure how many of you guys know this but the Chevy II, Nova and Acadians had 2 door edge guards from GM parts but they sold a different set for 4 door cars.  The front door set in the 4 door package also fit a 2 door model.

It drove me nuts because I had several sets of the 4 door guards and I had used some on my own 2 door cars.  When I posted the extras on eBay nobody would buy the 4 door guards, only the 2 door guards.  I even took them out of the wrapper and tried to sell them as for front doors but I had people asking me if they were for a 4 door or 2 door.  I could not convince buyers to give them a try.

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 They were a bunch of four door racists.