Re: Engine Bay detailing on a '56 dual carb car
Posted by Victor On 2012/4/27 19:41:38
Following with my original post, time has come to do the inner fenders in Scotish Heather... I need to do some work on my adapted transmission, so we took the hood and fenders off and took engine and transmission out. While my mechanic takes care of the heavy work, we will be doing the cosmetics...
I want to use the opportunity to redo the whole area, now that is fairly easy to do it. I will be painting the chassis, as most of its paint is gone anyway, and also painting engine and the inner fenders we discussed before, so a few questions come to mind.
As Ross pointed out in message #33 in this same topic (sorry I don't know how to use the quote option):
"According to the Feb 55 "Finish" magazine article on the new Connor Avenue plant, fenders, hoods, and skirts were all "flow-coated" with black enamel and then baked. Afterwards they were mounted on a finishing conveyor line with the fenders draped in pairs over something akin to sawhorses about a foot apart from each other and canted slightly outward at the bottom. In this position they were sprayed, finish sanded, and buffed before going to assembly. That is why all 55-56 unscrewed with cars have body color on the inner fender portion. It is a natural result of the way they were fixtured for painting. That is also why the paint fades away to black towards the bottom of the air duct as there was no way or desire to spray there. The hoods were laid flat on the same carriage, along with the skirts. That is why the hood and skirts are black on the "off" side, but with plenty of overspray.
No one at Connor had the time or inclination to mask off the inner fenders in any way."
If I think of that process, and considering the black baked enamel on the full parts, I would imagine that the internal part of the fender (facing the tire, and the internal part of the engine bay panel in the fender (again, facing the tire) would have to be black, probably oversprayed. Can anybody confirm on this? This part would be visible only when looking inside the wheel well area or from under the car.
If that is the case, then probably the fender, on it's inner side, where it goes to meet the firewall, would have to be black also, perhaps showing some overspray but not fully painted. Any opinions?
I am enclosing a pic of my fenders inner side, today... where the scotish heather is seen in the upper part but not so clear on the lower part which would seem to confirm Ross' post.
On chassis, a couple of doubts:
Chassis black? Should it be high gloss or a sort of satin?
Brake lines: I guess they were installed after the chassis was painted (may seem obvious, but Continentals of the 40's were painted with their brake lines on), so I guess they should not be painted but natural... but I prefer to ask and confirm.
Thanks!
Victor
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I want to use the opportunity to redo the whole area, now that is fairly easy to do it. I will be painting the chassis, as most of its paint is gone anyway, and also painting engine and the inner fenders we discussed before, so a few questions come to mind.
As Ross pointed out in message #33 in this same topic (sorry I don't know how to use the quote option):
"According to the Feb 55 "Finish" magazine article on the new Connor Avenue plant, fenders, hoods, and skirts were all "flow-coated" with black enamel and then baked. Afterwards they were mounted on a finishing conveyor line with the fenders draped in pairs over something akin to sawhorses about a foot apart from each other and canted slightly outward at the bottom. In this position they were sprayed, finish sanded, and buffed before going to assembly. That is why all 55-56 unscrewed with cars have body color on the inner fender portion. It is a natural result of the way they were fixtured for painting. That is also why the paint fades away to black towards the bottom of the air duct as there was no way or desire to spray there. The hoods were laid flat on the same carriage, along with the skirts. That is why the hood and skirts are black on the "off" side, but with plenty of overspray.
No one at Connor had the time or inclination to mask off the inner fenders in any way."
If I think of that process, and considering the black baked enamel on the full parts, I would imagine that the internal part of the fender (facing the tire, and the internal part of the engine bay panel in the fender (again, facing the tire) would have to be black, probably oversprayed. Can anybody confirm on this? This part would be visible only when looking inside the wheel well area or from under the car.
If that is the case, then probably the fender, on it's inner side, where it goes to meet the firewall, would have to be black also, perhaps showing some overspray but not fully painted. Any opinions?
I am enclosing a pic of my fenders inner side, today... where the scotish heather is seen in the upper part but not so clear on the lower part which would seem to confirm Ross' post.
On chassis, a couple of doubts:
Chassis black? Should it be high gloss or a sort of satin?
Brake lines: I guess they were installed after the chassis was painted (may seem obvious, but Continentals of the 40's were painted with their brake lines on), so I guess they should not be painted but natural... but I prefer to ask and confirm.
Thanks!
Victor
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