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Mr_Corvair

01-29-2015 @ 1:36 PM

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I am rebuilding my heater for my 46 convertible.
I would like to know what color it originally was.
A paint code number would be really nice!!

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01-29-2015 @ 5:57 PM

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Your heater should be a gray hammertone finish. Rustoleum makes a color in a spray can that is very close to the original.

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01-29-2015 @ 6:45 PM

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Thanks for your reply.
Was this the only color used in 46 for super deluxe
convertible? Somehow I had in mind a brownish tan color.

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01-30-2015 @ 3:26 AM

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If you don't have one you should get a copy of the 41-48 Ford book. It explains in detail the various heaters that were available. What is important to understand is that the heaters were an accessory sold and installed by the dealers. Cars did not come from the Ford assembly plants with them installed. Therefore even though the heater for 46 had the gray hammertone finish it is possible that a dealer still had a 42 heater on the shelf that he wanted to sell. That heater had a brown finish.

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Under the then mantra of 'production at whatever cost' 42wagon's comment about a '42 brown being used on a '46 is a possibility, albeit I have never seen anything other than gray hammertone finish (consistent with trjford's comment) on any of the '46-'48s observed at shows, many of which were EFV8 award-winning cars. My '47's (Merc) interior is original and the heater's very slightly worn but original paint is gray hammertone. Mr_Corvair, can you find a spec of the original color on your heater or has it already been stripped by a prior owner?

To open another question for you on your heater, can anyone advise whether the long horizontal door is supposed to be oriented at the top or the bottom of the heater? I have seen both at shows - the '41-'48 book illustrates bottom but I have seen top at shows, particularly on Mercurys (mine is top as well). If not restoring for judging may be a moot point, or if judging perhaps it was a random decision left up to the installer and not a specification (? - doubtful but perhaps). Just a consideration before Mr_Corvair (re)installs his in his '46.

Steve

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Mr_Corvair

01-30-2015 @ 5:56 AM

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I have the 41-48 V8 book. I looked all thru chapter 3 for heater color information and didn't find anything.
I guess I'll look again.

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01-30-2015 @ 6:07 AM

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Mr_Corvair - I could not find anything on heater color in the '41-'48 book either - only dash photos with heaters shown (pgs. 3-5, 3-7 & 3-9). Again, on all '46-'48s I've observed the heaters have all been gray hammertone regardless of interior color schemes.

Steve

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TomO

01-30-2015 @ 6:47 AM

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Steve,

I was under the impression that the 46 Heater cover could only go on one way, like the 41 heater cover. This would put the long door at the bottom.

I have never seen the long door at the top, could you post a photo of yours?

Tom

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Sure Tom - one here and a couple to follow. My '47 has speedo, radio and clock date codes of mid-to-late Dec, '46, and all window glass bugs' date codes are January of '47.

(sorry about the pic rotation - it was vertical on my hard drive but attached rotated. I will correct and reattach under the 3rd pic)

Steve

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