Topic: Black-out of mounting tabs on 1967 wide grille molding?

[Angela]

I have found some original wide (C7ZZ-8190 & 8191 -A) moldings have the mounting tabs "blacked-out" with spray paint and others that are not blacked out. Is this correct?

[CharlesTurner]

The ones in the front?

[J_Speegle]

Are you referring to (lacking a picture) the aluminum wide grill opening moldings and their mounting tabs hidden by the smaller/thin molding at the front of the grill opening?

I don't recall every seeing those tabs blacked out - and since they are not seen it does not seem to match other practices Ford did but willing to see examples

[Angela]

Yes, the wide aluminum grille moldings up front. I've seen a few pairs with no black-out paint on the tabs and several pair with black-out paint applied. None of the cars I removed them from were painted black, thus I don't believe this was due to a repaint. :-)