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'67 GTO Firewall color

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#1 ·
I have the engine out of my GTO and there are sections of the firewall that are silverglaze then it was painted black and then someone took thinned out black and ran a brush down it at the top and just let it run down onto the tranny and there is a row of cow tits at the bottom.
The thing is a total mess.
Does anyone know how this was done from the factory?
Did they paint it black over the silverglaze or was it originally coated with black from the factory?
I want to restore it to original but I don't know what original is.
Down at the bottom where the body meets the frame it is silverglaze.
 
#4 ·
Thanks, I was told the firewall was the same color as the car but I couldn't find any pics to support this.
I am going to prime and shoot the lower in silverglaze then shoot the black down to where the original factory line is.
I am waiting on the frame paint it looks like the fenderwells are shinier than the frame and the heater housing looks like it was gloss black.
Somebody just slopped flat black paint all over the engine bay over the dirt and oil with a brush and the cow tits are hanging everywhere.
One big mess making it hard to tell what was original.
:(

Eric
 
#6 ·
When I pressure washed the engine bay of my '67 in 2011, some of the original black paint on the firewall came off, up by the data plate. Underneath was pristine Signet Gold, applied when the car was built. Mine has never been apart or restored. So, at least with my Baltimore built '67, the entire firewall was painted body color before the firewall was painted semi gloss black. I simply touched up the small areas where the paint came off and called it done...that way, it's still as original as possible.
 
#9 ·
rickm, the plant information is on the trim tag of the vehicle. My '67 says "BAL" for Baltimore. I bought the car in 1983, and it had Tennessee plates on it, and had been there the previous 16 years. The owner drove it to Cali where I snapped it up after a 3 year search for a decent '64-'67 ragtop.
 
#11 ·
My dad willed me his 67 GTO post car. When I picked it up it was supposed to be ready, including fresh plum mist (original to the car). The guy did a terrible job overall and absolutely nothing paint wise in the engine bay. When it came time for a proper paint job we saw that the firewall was body colour down to the seam sealer, about 6"-8" down from the cowl. Everything lower and the rest of the bay were chassis black.
 
#13 ·
I have a question. When we talk about 30% or 60%, or 80% gloss level, what does that actually mean? How would one determine what the gloss level of a painted surface actually is? And in some older, but very authoritarian, references, they talk about these levels with a degree symbol rather than a percent symbol. Is that the same thing?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Doug
 
#15 ·
From studying only original, untouched cars, here is what I've found. The underside (floor pans, trunk pan) of the car was sloppily sprayed a cheap approx. 30% gloss paint. This was also sprayed on the firewall. The heater box was not installed when this was sprayed, and it was approx 60% gloss, as was the inner fenders, radiator support and the underside of the hood. There will be car color overspray at the front of the hood, with places missing where the brackets for supporting the hood were. Also there will be some overspray on the underside of the floor pans and trunk pans. That overspray was not consistent and was not on the frame as the frame was coated seperately.
 
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