why do people help make old cars look bad

Nothing wrong with black grilles are painted bumpers. It’s all personal taste and budgets, maybe some people hatred of polishing chrome

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That car looks the part, and it works with all the modification you've done. If it were a stock 67, I'm not sure it would work. My '67 came with a blacked out '68 grille, it didn't look right with the chrome bumper. Looks better up on the wall.