1969 Lower Front Fender bolts (2) on each side painted or not

[SChatman]

1969 Lower Front Fender bolts (2) on each side, painted or not?
I know the Shelby front end is painted off the car but when it is put on the body are these 2 bolts on each lower side of the fender reused bolts from the original front end or did they even have a front end when shipped for final assembly and new bolts were used? Pictures included.
Thank you

[Coralsnake]

The left side image is what the car looked like when it arrived at AO Smith.

They may have thrown a temporary hood on it.

[SChatman]

Thank you, that makes me think the bolts aren't painted.

[TOBKOB]

They are painted...The complete front end was assembled and painted before it was installed on the car...Look on Coralsnake's website to see pictures at A. O. Smith's assembly line.

TOB

[Bob Gaines]

1969 Lower Front Fender bolts (2) on each side, painted or not?
I know the Shelby front end is painted off the car but when it is put on the body are these 2 bolts on each lower side of the fender reused bolts from the original front end or did they even have a front end when shipped for final assembly and new bolts were used? Pictures included.
Thank you

There is no reason to think that those bolts were painted . There is nothing to hold them on the fender until they are screwed into the nut clip on the uni body. They were added later.

[SChatman]

Thanks everybody,that's what I was thinking Bob, if the front end is painted off the car that bolt would come from a parts bin and not be painted.

[TOBKOB]

The pictures clarify which bolts you are asking about. I thought you were asking about the 2 bolts on each side that hold the valance to the fenders. They are painted but the 2 bolts that you are asking about are not painted like Bob said...My bad...

TOB