I am getting ready to spray my 1971 original molded rear bumper emblem and I need to know which is the correct color to paint the "SS" ? White or silver?

Thanks,
J.D.

silver is correct.

I have to disagree. It's white..

Thanks for the replies,but this is why I posted the question. I repainted my emblem back in the eighty's, first white, then I repainted it silver. I want this to be the last time so I would like to know what color is correct. Any one with an unrestored 71 SS help out?

i have a original unrestored 72 ss and the emblem is silver .i would think a 71 is the same emblem.

my cars is in storage right now . so i checked completed items on ebay and found 3 72 's with a silver emblem just like my untouched placer gold 72. in fact i would bet 5 large on it.

http://www.trimparts.com/productimages_web/4755.jpg 71 &72 are silver.

http://www.trimparts.com/pages/results.asp?VehicleCat=3&ProductCat=51&ItemCount=44

Silver is definitely correct, I have a correct 3975497 NOS one on my convertible. If you like, I will be getting mine out of storage next Saturday for our car club toy drive & would be glad to take a picture of it.

Let me know.


I love to give home made gifts, which one of the kids would you like?

Jim

A.C.E.S. # 4996 ( aces member id kinda matches my 496 stroker )


Frame off red 71 Chevelle SS496 (balanced, blueprinted & decked 454 block, bored .060 from 4.25 to 4.31 & stroked from 4.00 to 4.25, edelbrock aluminum heads, 10.2:1CR, hydraulic roller 550 lift cam, eagle crank, true fulcrum roller rockers, billet double roller chain, airgap intake, demon 850dp with no choke, MSD 6AL, jet coated super comp hookers, flowmaster 40’s, TH400 with extra clutches, shift kit & 3000 stall) Convertible with white stripes, top & interior loaded with factory options: TH400, cowl induction, power windows, locks, cruise, tilt, top, trunk, 12 bolt 373 posi, A/C, AM-FM 8 track, power drivers bucket seat, mirror map light, trunk, hood, glove box lights, on the wheel GM air pressure gauges, Delco Jac Pac 175 (under hood vacuum powered air compressor) with under dash Delco air pressure controller/regulator, complete with Jac Pac 175 air shocks.

http://chevelle.ogleonline.com/jim.htm

1952 Chevrolet 4 door Deluxe Sedan with a 216.5ci in line 6 with the last RAJO (RAcine JOe) Power Cylinder Head that never went to production, designed by grandfather in the 1940's. Joe designed, built & sold all over the world performance heads during the 10’s, 20's, 30's & 40's starting with an OVERHEAD VALVE CONVERSION HEAD for the Model T Ford flathead. Joe drove in the FIRST INDY 500 in 1911 as car # 8 & was known nationally in racing circuits as "The Flying Dutchman".

Watch for my SS496 Chevelle as a pace car at Indy in 2011 (100 years after Grandpa Joe) IF THEY WILL LET ME !

Thanks Abodybill and 71BBSSCONV for setting the record straight! I just didn't want to trust the pictures in the resto catalogs, as we all know that reproductions are not always correct! Again Thanks!

J.D.

Okay, Maybe silver is correct, I just don't see why every emblem but that one would be white??

-Todd