Hi All
As most of you are I'm still learning about these cars we play with. I've got a 1968 post car that's in the que to be rebuilt. I've got a 1970 post car with flintstone floor boards and I'm looking to see if there's any parts that would interchange. I figured the 1970 didn't have the aluminum trim around the door glass and back seat side windows. But I was looking at the back seat side window and realized there was a trim piece there that's painted. It doesn't look aluminum, although I've not removed it yet to see for sure what it is made out of. If this is a more sturdy material and will fit on the 1968 I may just use it instead of the anodized aluminum. Need help from the guru's though, am I seeing this right? And would they interchange? Also how about the chrome and stainless between the roof color and lower body. Would the 1970 fit on the 1968? Please check out the photos of the trim I'm trying to describe. I don't know who that old dude is reflected in the glass... he looks like someone my Dad's age

 

The side paint split piece is different than '68 at both ends. The '68 part butts up to the peak moulding and the rear part inserts into the cast part that meets the stainless trim on the trunk lid that covers the vinyl pattern roof colour piece or borders the one inch wide painted upper edge of the trunk. '68 & '69 Cutlass 'S' had no bright trim around the windows but 442's did.

 

Thank you for the info. The 1968 project car is a 442 so it sounds like to keep it correct I'd need to stay with the anodized aluminum, right?

 

I've BEEN TOLD (but haven't compared them myself) that the painted style quarter glass trim you show in the pics is steel with the "bright" version being "Bright Dip"-anodized aluminum.

I'm very familiar with the anodized aluminum versions (if in fact the painted style is a different materiel - ie a "version"). But again, I've never pulled a painted version to see what it's made of. Put a weak magnet on those two pieces and see what happens or scratch the end of it with something to see how "soft" it feels.

Don't know about interchangeability b/n 68 and 70-up as I've never tried it but seems like the pieces would attach/fit on a '68. The upper curved piece is held on with 2 or 3 philips head screws and the post trim piece is held on with screws and/or clips (remove the plastic inside post cover and see if you can see the backside of the outer post trim).

 

^^^THIS!

Also, the painted trim was standard on the F-85 and Cutlass Sport/Club coupes in all years. The bright anodized trim was standard on the 442 Sport Coupes for 1968-70 (there was no 442 Sport Coupe offered in 1971 and the trim was not included with W29 for 1972) and available on the others under RPO B90.

 

The painted ones are steel. I don't see any fasteners at all, I think they are welded on.

 

Don't feel bad John I've seen an old dude reflected in my cars Windows too. He kinda looks like my dad too, but I'm sure I don't know him