not glossy for sure - you may have not noticed a flatish black OEM coating, or maybe someone has previously done a strip/repaint - my 58 had 6 different color coats [original owner musta had it repainted every few years!], and under the original white was a light brown primer sorta like the modern 'rust' primer color

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics