Just one leetle question. While I was replacing the weatherstripping ,The trim on the windshield was a sorta painted black. Is this supposed to be black? While I had it off, I used some paint remover, and shined up the stainless.  I kinda like that. But I'm curious if it's supposed to be black, or shiny  

My 78 is low gloss black/w t-top scratches.

I think the '77s should be stainless(bright), not painted. When the '78's came out, wid da large rear window, the trim got painted.
The scratches were optional!

My 77 is Black. It is original. The car has been in my family since the beginning.

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Wait a minute! that wasn't supposed to work!

Anyway, it's going to be shiny, I kinda like it. The car is a driver, clean on the outside, dirty on the bottom, and me grinning in the middle.

anybody have good reference to repainting the black windshield posts and rear window trim. 78's actually had at least two different paint styles on rear window. Mid years were half and half and later in year all black I remember.

My 77s trim was black also.  It was half on and half off when I brought her back to life (scratches were standard)!!  I buffed it out to get the chrome look, I like it better too!!  Not much chrome on these old gals, I'll take all I can get!!