I think you're probably right that they just bolted the black painted bracket on. They probably wouldn't have bothered painting it to match the body.
I have a pic of an original '52 that shows the left bracket painted body color. I think that's what I'm going to do with the right one as well. I was originally going to leave both of them black, but looking at that pic just now has changed my mind.


Kevin
1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.