Regarding the rocker panel trim, I had added that to my 280 in the mid 80's (i think it was a 76...). The trim was available in silver and gold aluminum. It pop rivetted in place... Of course, at the time, I didn't know there was a following for Z and I just liked it as an affordable first sports car.

In any case, I bought the trim through the ZCenter in NJ... not sure if it was dealer installed...

Check my gallery... you could see what a UPS truck does to that trim... :disappoin

Originally posted by Marty Rogan

Hi Captn,

Welcome aboard! The looks pretty good from the pics. Did you buy it locally? How many miles on her? Was that the original color or a re-paint? If that is original black fromthe factory, you have a Black Pearl Edition there, which is collectable.

If you haven't already, you ought to join the Windy City Z Club: http://www.windycityzclub.com/default.asp

It's a great group of people.

Marty

Arl. Hts

Hi again Marty... I missed a few ??'s.... miles wise it says 99xxx the guy I bought it from has owned it for 10 years and said he's only but on 1000 miles at most since he bought it... it's a orignal arizona car .. I found it up near the Wisconsin Boarder in IL....

Originally posted by Northern NJ Larry

Regarding the rocker panel trim, I had added that to my 280 in the mid 80's (i think it was a 76...). The trim was available in silver and gold aluminum. It pop rivetted in place... Of course, at the time, I didn't know there was a following for Z and I just liked it as an affordable first sports car.

In any case, I bought the trim through the ZCenter in NJ... not sure if it was dealer installed...

Check my gallery... you could see what a UPS truck does to that trim... :disappoin

Hi Larry.... thats sad what big brown did to your car... is that getting repaired ? or being used as a parts car now ? trim wise yes... that looks like the same stuff.. was concerned about some rust in that area with all the groved in the trim but it looked / felt fine... thanks for the info .. Kevin