Re: [Amc-list] American Discoveries

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

The valance length difference is just due to age. The car has probably been beat up a bit (just minor things) and the original parts didn't fit with as close a tolerances as newer cars. In other words, minor fitting adjusting is required when replacing sheet metal parts. 

The side chrome is a big dust collector. I snapped mine on then took a tube of clear silicone with a long thin "spout and sealed the upper edge. The lower I left alone. It will get some dust in from the bottom, but not much. I wanted moisture to have a way out should it find its way in through an overlooked gap in the silicone or something. 

All the 440s had the chrome trim on the bottom, and a single strip across the trunk. The 440H and convertible had it on top and bottom with twin strips across the trunk, the "spear" and stripe across the trunk (connecting the separs) painted a different color. The car looks good with the "spear" painted without the chrome strips though. I've seen the chrome airbrushed on a car, that also looks really good, or use a 1/8" or so metallic pinstripe around the spear. 

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Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:52:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Smith <know_ware@xxxxxxxxx>

I?replaced the front and back valances today.??Thanks to my parts car, I was able to replace all but two of the bolts with sheet metal screws.? I kept the bolts on the ends.??The new front valance is a hair too long on the passenger side.? As far as I can tell, the rest of the sheet metal on my car was original.? I discovered that the front and rear bumpers are virtually identical, except for the license plate light.? I took off the chrome gutter covers and discovered that the original color?of my car was sky blue.??And there was a surprising amount of dirt under the chrome strips.? I will leave them off as the look we are going for is 440 Hardtop Deluxe.? 
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