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I have had a few GTS fascias over the years and 2 of them had chrome fishscales , these were not re-done and had the original words -light/lighter printed on them as per the black ones.
The question is which HQ GTS had the silver finish ?
I bought one for my SS from a swap which is a genuine silver/chrome finish with `lighter-lights` still on it.
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Hi Cloudy,
I don't know about the GTS's, but I had a 73 HQ Kinswood wagon which I bought from the original family. With the sole exception of in-glovebox aircon, it was unmolested (even down to the single zhorst on the 253).
It had the chrome/bright
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Hi Cloudy,
I believe it was the early series SS, and maybe series 1 GTS too. It looked great except when the sun hit it. So it was redone in a subdued colour for safety. Call it folklore or fact. Warren might know.
John
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i have a new old stock gts fascia in the box which is the matt type black fishscale...i have heard about the straight silver being in early 71 models. but in 20 years the only thing ive seen close is dashes that look like they had the matt polished off t |
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HQ Statesman dash fascias are virtually the same as the Monaro ones.....just different gauges.
I've peeled the woodgrain fascias off a couple of these dashes, and lo & behold, fishscale underneath!!
From memory the original "chrome" fishscale dashes wer |
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silvery finish is a close description Bruce , I have put it in my SS , I picked it up at a swap with full set of guages and clock , all in good order with undamaged fascia for $100.
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On the back of these old fascia's should be a painted GM part number. What is it ? Is it the same as all GTS fascias ?
Please advise.
Thanks John
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cloudy,i will check my in the next week when i get it back,i pulled my off and used a nail polish remove found out it was the silver under the black,but then the silver started to come off as well.so i had it re done to the silver fish again,mine is in a
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cheers , on the aussie muscle car site under for sale is a GTS 350 coupe original low miles car which has a silver fascia as original equipment. Warren or Dr Terry any ideas ??
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GTS082,
Would you mind sharing the details of where you got your dash resilvered.
My 73 HQ GTS/4 had a silver facia which had been covered in a semi transparent black colour. It is original factory.
My 72 HQ SS has a bright silver face underneat
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I have the silver fishscale GTS fascia that someone had pianted matt black. Can any one give me some info of how to remove the matt back with out recking fascia. |
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it is very hard to remove,you might end up taking off the silver colour as well,i used nail polish remover or can use thinners,but be very carefull it might melt the plastic(nail polish remover i think there are two types acetone and non acetone)try both,
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My original HQ GTS 4door Monaro had the silver fish scale affect on its gauge fascia and compartment and gear selector surround. 8/1974. It looked ratty so I took it all to DashOriginal here in Adelaide and they fitted a very thin layer of stainless steel
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