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Can anyone tell me if the hood hinges on my 47 should be painted a specific color? They are the color of the car now and was at a national meet recently and was deducted for hood Hinge color not right. Never had that brouht to my attention before.

The hood hinges were some kind of a dull silver plating.

The hinges were zinc plated when new. It has been stated here that some will just paint a not too bright silver. That is what I did but was not happy with the results so I had mine plated. Anyway, silver-ish.

Could you send a picture of one??

Originally wouldn't the hood latch plate and the hinges have the same finish ????

dick

Yep! I sent all those pieces and had plated.

what color is your firewall? Looks similar on the photo

Dove Gray

Nice looking engine compartment Russ. Is that battery disconnect what I call a blade type switch? I'm sure there is a good reason you have it on the negative cable. Care to share ??

Dick

Russ, Does your '48 have a radio?

Yes sir. I might add, For what-ever reason, it works very, very well. I was shocked when I tried it for the first time with the engine running to find their was zero static. I have heard so many horrid stories people tell about the static problems they encounter. Now if only I could find a decent AM station. But then again, the faint hum of the 216 and the wind through windows is music to my ears.

Dick, rather than start a fire-storm of controversial discussion, I suggest you Google, "How to install a battery cut-off switch", and go from there. It mainly depends on the manufacture of the switch. Happy reading.

There should be a condenser mounted to the zig-zag bracket on the coil. Screw hole is already there. Wire to coil terminal.

Russ nice detail!!!!

I myself had my hinges and hood locking mechanism zinc plated on my convertible like Russ. But there is an alterative solution, Eastwood sells paint that very closely matches zinc plating, bare casting finish and others various finishes. If your hood has never been taken off and is aligned up good you may not want to remove the hinges to have plated because realigning the hood is no easy task. Good luck!

Do you know what eastwood calls that paint? Thx

Google Eastwood and search within their website for paint, its easy from there. all their paints are clearly identified.

That is the paint I used when I painted mine but, it is paint. I had all the pieces shown above plus the coil bracket and a few other small items plated for $120. That was 3 years ago. The same place I had the jack plated in the jack post thread.

I have used many, many Eastwood products and have been satisfied with everything. The only downside is $$$.

I could have sworn that a lengthy discussion about the color of the coil bracket determined it to be black???That's why I painted mine

It is plated on a 1948-54.
Did the bright judges ever notice?

Gene,of course not...Got to get the stripper out now!!!

was lookiong at you r valve cover. The two nuts that hold the valve cover on are they painted or plated??

natural, no paint

The rocker arm cover acorn nuts and washers were painted as they were installed before the engine was painted at the factory.

Yes I spoke to soon...I kind of thought that was the case...But have never seen the nuts painted........Woops