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Old 11-13-2017, 05:18 PM   #7
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Re: NOS sail panels

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Originally Posted by 60-66 View Post
They do that because when these trucks were first being built the anodizing was brighter on these trucks than the NOS grilles that were made later as replacement parts. Sometimes you get lucky and find a bright one and other times there as dull as a used one.
The original grill from my '66 was much nicer than the NOS grill I bought... anodizing looked much cloudier on the NOS grill and the stamping didn't seem to be as crisp in places. I'd go with a nice original over NOS in some cases.
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