by burdar » 06 Sep 2009 14:42
Talking with the owner of a 73 Challenger this year at the Mopar Nats, I found out how the factory painted the tailpanel area.
The tail light housings were first sprayed completely with organisol black. Then the tail light areas were masked off and the med/dark argent was sprayed ontop of the black. If you look at origonal housings, you can see small black specks showing through the argent.
That only applies to the light housings though. The accual tail panel wouldn't have had any black sprayed on it before the argent was applied. That means the light housings and the tail panel would have had a slightly different appearence.