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Originally posted by 68 Stepside
Jewels, I love your truck, absolutely love it....but I have to make one tiny little suggestion. I think you should repaint the grille bowtie, that would finish the front end off 
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thank you thank you thank you --- it always encourages me when someone like my truck! thank you!
hmmm, a great suggestion! i actually havent thought about that front emblem for years now. when i bought my truck, it had nothing on it - no grill, no headlight bezels, no emblems, no marker lights. (i guess i was lucky the door handles were stil there.) i spent the first few years of ownership looking thru junkyards to find all those parts, including an old grill bowtie. the bowtie's orange paint was peeling, and i really didnt know a lot about these trucks then, so i took off all the old peeling paint, and left the emblem completely chrome. have't paid attention to it since. but you are right - it does look a bit out-of-place. i think i can fix it pretty easy. what color paint should i use? is the engine paint color acceptable? (i think i have some of that leftover).
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Originally posted by 68 Stepside
BTW, how did you get your grille shells/headlight bezels to look so good? Lots of elbow grease I must assume. Mine are oxidized badly.
Dank für irgendetwas,
TJ
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well, i havent done anything to the grill or bezels. i guess i am lucky? no elbow grease. they are in the same condition they came in from the junkyard. although many years ago, when i showed her, i would sometimes wipe over them with a little Never-Dull (available at Walmart). but for the most part, the chrome never seems to oxidize. it must be coated with something. not sure. hmmmm.
thanks again for the compliments! i'll post more pics later.
jewels.