1953 Caribbean Firewall/Inner Fender color

Posted by Richter12x2 On 2014/4/23 16:59:00

Doing my research to get started, and it looks like all the 53 Caribbeans were shipped out black to be modified, and painted after, so all inner fenders and firewalls were black.

What I need to know is, was it gloss black, or flat black? There seems to be disagreement as to whether the cars were painted black, or just left in black primer for shipping. I guess also important to know if the primer they used back then had gloss to it.

Trying to get as close as possible to authentic on my restoration.

Thank you!