Re: 1951 engine color

Posted by gone1951 On 2008/8/2 10:54:01

The car had 48k miles on it when I got it. As per the original owner the engine had never been out of the car. The engine number is correct and shows on the original 1951 paper work as the VIN number. The paint is has mostly rusted off but the green color shows generally all over as well as on the side of the engine under the intake/exhaust manifold. Don't see any gray paint anywhere. Looks to me like someone would have had to have taken the manifold off just to paint the side of the engine. If I repaint the engine I want it to be the correct color. Sounds like gray would be acceptable to everyone but the green is still a mystery.

As far as the controversy over wether the color changed to gray with the 1950 or 51 models my car sold in September 1951 but as far as I know could have been built much earlier in the production year.