As you know Tim, source lighting/monitors/cameras/computer programs in combination can all raise questions about what the color really looks like in person.
The colors show up in the pictures as several shades of gray and in some pictures it looks like some parts are the same as the engine. But.....it's not. All the cast iron that was bare from the factory, i.e., steering gear, transmission, rear axle center section, brake cylinders I'm painting with Dupli-Color Engine Enamel (ceramic) pn. DE1651, Cast Coat Iron. In person it looks pretty close to the original clean cast iron.
This is the stuff that Eastwood sells but it's available at any store that sells Dupli-Color.
I worked under a lot of new Chevrolets as a greaser and in new car prep back in the late 50’s early 60’s and by the time almost all of them were delivered to the customer, all the cast iron underside was covered with a nice even layer of surface rust. I don’t want that on my truck and I wouldn’t have wanted it on my truck had I been lucky enough to have owned it back in the day. The axle housing, drive shafts, springs, front axle, brake drums were all bare on delivery also but I’m gonna be using chassis black on them. I taint never gonna have a show truck, just want it 95% original.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
