Headlight area paint

[1963r2]

While we are talking about the blacked out grill area of the Avanti I thought I would ask this question.

Is the headlight area on a 63 Avanti ie behind the front glass/plastic covers body colour or black?

I have later 63 body I'm working on which was white however the headlight area was painted black.

Any thoughts?

pb

 

[Gunslinger]

I've seen both...body color and blacked out.  They could each have easily been done post-Studebaker but I believe the factory painted them body color.  Considering the financial condition of Studebaker it seems unlikely the added costs of masking and painting the headlight area a separate color would have been a non-starter.

[lschuc]

For all 1963 Avantis, the headlight bucket behind the glass cover were all painted body color.

[1963r2]

Thanks for the reply's.

Body colour it is.

pb