The chassis was painted black. I'm not going out on a limb and say this is the case with every chassis, but I can tell that the 2 ton,6100, made in Kansas City,left the plant with the chassis painted black.
Under the mounds of grease and dirt buildup since 1952 I found this black which for the age is in very good shape. The frame has very little rust and the black can be seen anywhere you pick to look.
Now here's why I consider this to be original. On top of the black paint I have found factory inspection paint markings which are different colors.
I found these markings on the front axle,brake assy.,rear leaf spring frt.mount,rear of leaf spring on the rear springs.
The 2spd rear axle has no paint but it has a blue band of paint around the axle just outside of the spring perch.
I'm guessing this was for easy identification of the axle and not inspection paint because of the way in which the paint was put on the axle,but it is over bare metal.
All of this stayed in great shape because of the huge amount of grease that covered it. I think that the previous owner was a grease-aholic, but thats a good thing.
Now unless someone in this trucks past history painted the frame and put all of these colorful paint markings on it, I consider this to be factory done, but that is unlikely since this truck only shows it was driven, not modified in any way, except for the addition of turn signals, and is a low millage truck.
Dan
