Anybody know if the black stripe on an 69 SS el camino is supposed to be flat black or gloss or semi-gloss? All help appreciated.

thanks
Josh

My 69 is going to the shop for paint. I need to know, also. Anyone know the "correct" black color?

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Danny Wooldridge
Member #1129
69 el_Camino

Well, This may add to the problem but the paint info that came with the SS stripe kit I have from Stencils and Stripes gives Low Gloss Black(DDL9381)as the color for accent areas and black(9000)for stripes. This is per a PPG product sheet for 71/72 Chevelles. By the way the DDL stands for acrlic lacquer.

Hope this helps! It should give you a starting point.

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Thanks Big James! I'll bet my painter can get there with this info. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif Really appeciate the help.

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"Wrinkles only go where the smile has been!"

Danny Wooldridge
Member #1129
69 el_Camino

Big James, Can't wait to see more pictures of Ol paint.
If you haven't done the stripe stencils before be prepared. It took my painter and I over 3 hours to lay the stripes straight on the 442,once the stencils are in place try to look from the drivers seat at the placement and straightness-you'll see it every time you drive the car and if you're like me the eyes always get drawn to the flaws

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Philip Mullaly
72 TPI El Camino
"Hey Ya'll watch this...."

Thanks for the tip Phil! I'm still have several weeks worth of body work/priming/assembly to do yet. I'm taking pictures all along and will post them as I do. Had a tense moment today repairing a crack in the metal around the big end of the door handle hole/mount. Ended up cutting out a piece and welding in a patch, Whew, scary! redrilled the bolt hole and everthing is fine now though.

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Elcaminos are special!

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work in progress
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[This message has been edited by Big James 4XL (edited 05-08-2001).]