| Guy | -- 06-22-2020 @ 7:47 AM |
|
I would like to know the proper color Ford painted their oil pan on cars in 1935 . I painted mine the dark green color as the engine block but my friend says thats the wrong color can you help me out . Guy .
|
|
| ken ct. | -- 06-22-2020 @ 7:51 AM |
|
Were black as far as I know. ken ct
|
|
| Guy | -- 06-22-2020 @ 8:04 AM |
|
Thank you I have always seen them painted engine color but never seen one that was totally original .
|
|
| 3w2 | -- 06-22-2020 @ 10:12 AM |
|
Ford seemingly had a simple rule of thumb when it came to period engine compartment paint colors (with some notable exceptions) which was castings - green, stampings - black, and forgings - black. Oil pans were not one of the exceptions. This message was edited by 3w2 on 6-22-20 @ 10:12 AM
|
|
| kubes40 | -- 06-22-2020 @ 10:13 AM |
|
Yep, gloss black. Mike "Kube" Kubarth
|
|
| EFV-8 Club Forum : | https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum |
| Topic: | https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=18&Topic=13928 |