[1969] Fw: front spoiler 66/69

[Mark Ellis]

I'm resending this to the '69 Group...........it may not have gone thru on the first try Saturday 6/7     -- Mark Ellis


FROM LARRY CLAYPOOL
Subject: front spoiler 66/69


hi all
     cal clark contacted me regarding the front stock valance , or spoiler if you prefer, on the 66/up cars. he is going to look into reproducing them, but wants to get it 'right' the first time around (unlike the deck lid insulation).
he does have a nos piece to work with, however this nos piece and the ones on some cars are not all the same. 
     there appear to be 2 different textures on the outer face of the valance- one is a grain that is pretty pronounced like that of the grain on the 60/64 monza seat vinyl.  the other grain is not as pronounced, being more like the pattern on 65/67 monza/corsa seat vinyl. 
     the other difference is the way the bottom of the valance is molded- one style has a simple lazy L shape towards the rear of the car, the other style has the bottom of the valance shaped in a slight offset that does not go towars the rear, but instead  downward. 
i had 2 examples in the shop today. 
picture 902 is a valance i had on the shelf; year unknown; it has the offset bottom and the shallow texture. 
picture 906 is on a 66 monza, but i don't know the car's history to verify it is original to that car. this one has the lazy L shape and the deep texture.

 so that brings up 2 questions. 
1.  what years used which style? 
2. does the texture change go hand in hand with the shape differences , or could there be combinations of texture and shape?

i think this something that the SCG could help determine.  
anyone willing to take charge of an investingation?

once we make a conclusion, i will post cal with our findings. he does not need to be posted on all of our investigation process. 
best regards
lc