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Posted by chriscase on Monday, November 03, 2008 at 19:29:35 :
In Reply to: 1952 Factory Original M37 posted by Rob Young on Monday, November 03, 2008 at 18:02:38 :
Fewer parts for the painter to handle that way. The engine would have been painted after assembly- pan and manifold bolts would be the same color as the block. If painted after tranny installed, then bell housing and all those bolts would be the same color as the engine. The bed would have been painted as an assembly- there wasn't any paint between the bolted together parts.
So which bolts should still be silver? Only those put in as sub-assemblies came together. Like u-joint bolts, not the yoke nuts. The whole e-brake assembly would have been monochrome, painted as part of the tranny assembly.
But who knows how big the sub assemblies were before Dodge shot them? Fan to e-brake? Cab with doors? Loose fenders, or the whole front clip?...
Can't say you're wrong, can't say you're right. But there was no sign (left?) of any plating on any bolts on my rusty '53 1t FFPW.
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