A buddy of mine is doing a frame off on a one owner 72 402 SS. It has one respray, green to black. The car is in exceptional condition, never driven in the winter and has spent a lot of time in storage. The owner ordered the car and insistes the body side trim was factory installed. I recall this type of trim being aftermart to prevent parking lot dings and grocery cart chips.
Has anyone ever known this trim to be factory installed.
Chevellestuff.com lists a body molding RPO B84 and there are pics of it on sample cars on that site.
It does appear to be a factory applied option.
Bobs_Place said
Dec 28, 2018
As I recall that type of trim was put on by some after market company's, I seem to remember it a lot on of different cars back then. Could be dealer installed.
dashboard said
Dec 30, 2018
B84 it is. I was thinking how lucky it was to find a complete build sheet above the fuel tank. Then the original owner stoped by and said “the dealer gave me this when I bought the car”.
No disputing the original docs. That adds a lot of value to it by having that documentation.
I can't fully read the build sheet, but I see Black or BLK mentioned in a couple of boxes. Was that the original body color? Looks like it has the white interior in the pic.
Lost in the 60s said
Dec 31, 2018
SShink wrote:
No disputing the original docs. That adds a lot of value to it by having that documentation.
I can't fully read the build sheet, but I see Black or BLK mentioned in a couple of boxes. Was that the original body color? Looks like it has the white interior in the pic.
Box 79...color 48-48..Sequoia Green
dashboard said
Dec 31, 2018
Noted above the original color was green, as Mitch points out, paint code 48 sequoia green like your green Chevelle Stan. The owner at some point changed the color to black. With door panels off and fenders removed the original color is visible.
Body’s on the rotisserie, frames off to blasting with the original Z15 wheels, engine, trans and rear end were dropped off at shops yesterday for rebuild. Next week the body will go to media blast.
Aside from two small areas of rust on the floors I have found no other rust on the car body, the inside of the fenders are dusty but there is no rust.
A buddy of mine is doing a frame off on a one owner 72 402 SS. It has one respray, green to black. The car is in exceptional condition, never driven in the winter and has spent a lot of time in storage. The owner ordered the car and insistes the body side trim was factory installed. I recall this type of trim being aftermart to prevent parking lot dings and grocery cart chips.
Has anyone ever known this trim to be factory installed.
Ill look for the build sheet.
Chevellestuff.com lists a body molding RPO B84 and there are pics of it on sample cars on that site.
It does appear to be a factory applied option.
As I recall that type of trim was put on by some after market company's, I seem to remember it a lot on of different cars back then. Could be dealer installed.
B84 it is.
I was thinking how lucky it was to find a complete build sheet above the fuel tank. Then the original owner stoped by and said “the dealer gave me this when I bought the car”.
No disputing the original docs. That adds a lot of value to it by having that documentation.
I can't fully read the build sheet, but I see Black or BLK mentioned in a couple of boxes. Was that the original body color? Looks like it has the white interior in the pic.
Box 79...color 48-48..Sequoia Green
Body’s on the rotisserie, frames off to blasting with the original Z15 wheels, engine, trans and rear end were dropped off at shops yesterday for rebuild. Next week the body will go to media blast.
Aside from two small areas of rust on the floors I have found no other rust on the car body, the inside of the fenders are dusty but there is no rust.