73 challenger rallye fender scoops

[fireguyfire]

Pulled the fenders off of my 73 challenger to prep it for painting; the car had a bad respect in the 80's that I am reversing.
The fender "scoop" and black plastic piece underneath were painted over on the car.
I'm working on stripping the black plastic part of the scoop, and the mini scoops are obviously just black and fade into the decals; on the long arms that swoop back I found under the resorts what looks like factory paint.
Were these black plastic all black from the factory, or were the long "arms" painted body colour and the bays left black?

[1 Wild R/T]

Factory sales brochure

[bennydodge]

I believe, from the factory, the insert is all black and the top cover is painted body color. My car has been repainted but it has the insert black with the top cover body color. Photos from back when these cars were new seem to confirm that.

[blown motor]

The exception to that "might" be black cars with the red strobe stripe which I expect had a black outer and a red insert.

[Burdar]

The plastic insert was just black plastic.  It wasn't painted.  You can buy new inserts from Tony's Parts if yours aren't nice enough to use.  Hopefully your outer louvers have all of their attaching "pins" intact.  The going rate for a pair of mint originals is $100.  I had to buy a nice pair for my car.  The original louvers had a lot of missing "pins".

The exception to that "might" be black cars with the red strobe stripe which I expect had a black outer and a red insert.

I'm pretty sure that the strobe stripes were only available from the factory in flat black.  No white or red stripes from the factory.

https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/colorAndTrim/1973/73_Challenger0004.jpg

[318Stroker]

The plastic insert was just black plastic.  It wasn't painted.  You can buy new inserts from Tony's Parts if yours aren't nice enough to use.  Hopefully your outer louvers have all of their attaching "pins" intact.  The going rate for a pair of mint originals is $100.  I had to buy a nice pair for my car.  The original louvers had a lot of missing "pins".

The exception to that "might" be black cars with the red strobe stripe which I expect had a black outer and a red insert.

I'm pretty sure that the strobe stripes were only available from the factory in flat black.  No white or red stripes from the factory.

https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/colorAndTrim/1973/73_Challenger0004.jpg

Strobes were black only, any colors you've seen were aftermarket.

[YellowThumper]

IIRC 1/8" wide stripes that with increasing spacing by 1/32" each. Something like 70 of them.
Way back when I wanted them to be painted on instead.
More useless info I keep up top.