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Hi, does anyone know the correct colour to paint the exhaust manifold on a 1934 1103
Thanks
T

They weren't painted, they were ceramic-coated with a deep blue-black, nearly pure black porcelain, same as the intake manifold.

How'd you make out with solving your water-loss problem you had on the Belgian tour?

Is your email working? I've sent you several emails recently, no responses.

Don't be too impulsive about trying to reporcelainize the manifold. If the car has a lot of miles on it the cast iron may crack like a spider web. There are a couple of firms in the USA that have a lot of experience.

After 1932 the stuff didn't last nearly as long.

There is another option and that is high temperature powder coat. It's not as shiny and smooth, but there is no risk of cracking.

A long pondered question:

Given the money Packard spent on oft unseen quality, needle
and roller bearings where Cadillac and others used plain bushings, wonder if East Grand left the 1940-50 356's exhaust manifold raw simply as it'd better dissipate heat?

Concurrent Cadillac 346 V-8's exhaust manifold was porcenalized. Looks nice, but retains heat, the last thing you want on an already hot manifold.

Or was Packard trying to save another few cents per car. Or both?

As always, i bow to and welcome any of y'all's insight.

Tho' this may not help the poster, on my '47 Super, i brushed on a thin coating of Eastwood silver gray exhaust manifold paint, and on the entire exhaust pipe to the muffler, which imparts enough of a "finished" look for me
and i figure doesn't inhibit too much heat radiation.

BTW, TraumaJag-ue-were, Eastwood offers other colors, if you decide to go that route. Jaguar, an outright performance car, was still porcenalizing their exhaust manifolds in the '60s, despite Bill Lyons famously building to a price, once admitting, i think when he was still on Coventry's board,

"We could never get our XK-series quality near Porsche levels."

So, i remain puzzled.

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Hi Dave,
The Radiator is in the shop at the moment being looked at. It was the most puzzling situation I've ever come across. With nothing untoward showing on the temp.gauge but normal we literally steamed up after a few miles of driving.

Something must be happening with the E-mails as I make it a point to answer them all when folks are kind enough to send to me. Are you using t.ecanpack34@hotmail.co.uk as we changed some time ago.

The rest of the Belgian trip was great with lots of fun from Sal and Joanne and all the group were indeed great. The weather could have been a bit kinder but nothing could be done about that. Apart from the car boiling up going and coming back home Jean-Luc-Packard did all the run outs with the occasional top up of water.

The manifold colour request was in preparation of it being welded as we developed a crack which started blowing badly.
Please re-submit your e-mails and we will have a chat about everything,

Thanks to you other fellas that also gave opinions on this request.
T