just for the heck of it, What's the origin of the black rear facia?..

[Brock Samson]

  i belive i first saw it on SS Chevelles.. if my mammeries serve me correctly... 

[1969chargerrtse]

Yeah, GM used the black rear for the big block cars.  The early Camaro's and Chevelles.  Ford ruined it around the 80's when the Escort's got black rear ends.

[maxwellwedge]

Mustangs, 'Cuda's, T/A's, 71 Challengers etc. .......It just looked mean 

[Ghoste]

Wow Brock, and Bull thinks I start wierd threads.  I like the way you think though and as tempting as it was to suggest the Model T, I couldn't recall one earlier than the mid-sixties GM cars within the spirit of your question.  I don't think it was limited to Chevelles though, weren't the 66 GS models done like that?

[Red Ram]

 

[68charger383]

GM used the black rear for the big block cars.  The early Camaro's and Chevelles. 

It was a call out for a BB car

I believe Dodge used it on the rear panel so the GM/Ford guys wouldn't have the suns glare in their eyes when racing a charger. 

[Brock Samson]