1980 442 Exterior Production Questions
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1980 442 Exterior Production Questions
Hello out there. After selling my 1979 Hurst Olds (wished I hadn't) a few years ago. I got lucky and purchased a really solid 1980 442. In looking at pictures on Google of both color cars, I have questions about production on what is correct or incorrect.
I noticed that on some cars the front bumper filler panel is painted gold all the way to the ends and some are painted gold with white or black on the end tips. Some cars have the rear bumper filler as gold some the body color. Some cars have impact molding some do not. Some the impact molding stops at the front of the rear wheel, some continue the full length of the car. Some cars have pinstripe down the rear quarters, curved along the rear quarter body line some do not.
Was that common at the factory, or has somebody else put a spin on how they wanted the car to look when restoring or repainting?
Just curious if there was a standard at the factory.
I noticed that on some cars the front bumper filler panel is painted gold all the way to the ends and some are painted gold with white or black on the end tips. Some cars have the rear bumper filler as gold some the body color. Some cars have impact molding some do not. Some the impact molding stops at the front of the rear wheel, some continue the full length of the car. Some cars have pinstripe down the rear quarters, curved along the rear quarter body line some do not.
Was that common at the factory, or has somebody else put a spin on how they wanted the car to look when restoring or repainting?
Just curious if there was a standard at the factory.
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Hello out there. After selling my 1979 Hurst Olds (wished I hadn't) a few years ago. I got lucky and purchased a really solid 1980 442. In looking at pictures on Google of both color cars, I have questions about production on what is correct or incorrect.
I noticed that on some cars the front bumper filler panel is painted gold all the way to the ends and some are painted gold with white or black on the end tips. Some cars have the rear bumper filler as gold some the body color. Some cars have impact molding some do not. Some the impact molding stops at the front of the rear wheel, some continue the full length of the car. Some cars have pinstripe down the rear quarters, curved along the rear quarter body line some do not.
Was that common at the factory, or has somebody else put a spin on how they wanted the car to look when restoring or repainting?
Just curious if there was a standard at the factory.
I noticed that on some cars the front bumper filler panel is painted gold all the way to the ends and some are painted gold with white or black on the end tips. Some cars have the rear bumper filler as gold some the body color. Some cars have impact molding some do not. Some the impact molding stops at the front of the rear wheel, some continue the full length of the car. Some cars have pinstripe down the rear quarters, curved along the rear quarter body line some do not.
Was that common at the factory, or has somebody else put a spin on how they wanted the car to look when restoring or repainting?
Just curious if there was a standard at the factory.
Suffice to say that there are probably more photos of INCORRECT cars on the web than correct ones.
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The body side moldings (I'm assuming that's what you meant by impact strips) were not on this car as standard equpiment (edited), but the car base was a Calais, and was available with many Calais options. And the body side moldings were similar to what was found on 81-88s where there was a small piece of molding on the front fender behind the front wheel, then the strip would extend across the door and end with a piece on the front quarter panel in front of the rear wheel well. Then a single piece behind the rear wheel well. That's how the factory did it. Someone else may have done it differently.
Last edited by 69HO43; Jan 15, 2021 at 10:25 AM. Reason: added "as standard equipment"
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From: Northern VA
The body side moldings (I'm assuming that's what you meant by impact strips) were not on this car, but the car base was a Calais, and was available with many Calais options. And the body side moldings were similar to what was found on 81-88s where there was a small piece of molding on the front fender behind the front wheel, then the strip would extend across the door and end with a piece on the front quarter panel in front of the rear wheel well. Then a single piece behind the rear wheel well. That's how the factory did it. Someone else may have done it differently.
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