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| | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,308 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,308 | Anybody know what color the gravel pan was in 1952 or thereabout?
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,165 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,165 | I’m guessing black. Unless it was painted after attaching to the bell housing. Then it would be engine color.
I painted those items black.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 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. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 6,022 Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT | | Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 6,022 | The one on my '51 is at least partly still black. Oil seepage at the rear main has lifted most of the paint off these days. 
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100Follow this story in the DITY Gallery"My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine"1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,510 Moderator, Electrical Bay | | Moderator, Electrical Bay Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,510 | When I got mine it had never been changed and it was black. I also had a 1951 GMC that had a completely unmolested drive train and it was black. The part that fits into it (the vertical part) is also black.
~ Jon
1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,308 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,308 | The main reason I want to know is because if it was painted along with the engine/bellhousing assembly, then the stovebolt screws which hold the gravel pan parts on would have been painted engine color. I was leaning towards what y'all are saying that it was originally black, but I haven't laid my eyes on bone stock AD in over 30 years and really didn't care back then.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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