From the factory, the air vent grate is painted the same color as the car
for all roadsters. Below are links of pre-67.5 Datsun literature that you
can check out to see that earlier cars do not have chrome grates.
http://members.aol.com/Datsun63/fairlady.htm
http://members.aol.com/Datsun63/datfairlady.jpg
http://members.aol.com/Datsun63/japan9.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/fairlady.html
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/detailsp311.html
http://www.datsunroadsters.com/bro04.jpg
Joseph Roach
65 1500
San Diego
At 03:37 PM 1/22/01 -0800, John F Sandhoff wrote:
>I am not an authority, but my observation has been that the
>earlier cars have chrome grilles while later cars have body-color.
>
>I don't know when the change took place, but I strongly
>suspect it was 67.5 and had to do with the DOT 'no shiny parts'
>ruling. 67.5 is when the chrome gauge surrounds disappeared.
>Non-US cars may differ.
>
>-- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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