Restoring the bumpers on my '65. Are the trim nuts painted body color on a '65 or left unpainted? I was told the black car was original.
Thanks,
John
Restoring the bumpers on my '65. Are the trim nuts painted body color on a '65 or left unpainted? I was told the black car was original.
Thanks,
John
1959 356 Coupe, 1600 Super, sold
1960 356 Roaster, race car, SCCA, sold
1960 356 Roadster, show car, sold.
1962 356 Cab, show car, sold.
1965 911 #301111, Red Book Vol 1 "Cover Car," owned 54 years.
1967 911 #307347, bare-bones, some road wear, a little surface rust, and a few dents..., owned 14 years.
1970 914/6GT, (Sold - ran the last three Rennsports)owned 30 years.
Photography Site: JohnStraubImageWorks.com
Registry #983
R Gruppe #741
They were painted on original cars I have seen .
That's what I was thinking, Richy. Let's see if anyone also can has an original one.
What color is your car?
Thanks,
John
1959 356 Coupe, 1600 Super, sold
1960 356 Roaster, race car, SCCA, sold
1960 356 Roadster, show car, sold.
1962 356 Cab, show car, sold.
1965 911 #301111, Red Book Vol 1 "Cover Car," owned 54 years.
1967 911 #307347, bare-bones, some road wear, a little surface rust, and a few dents..., owned 14 years.
1970 914/6GT, (Sold - ran the last three Rennsports)owned 30 years.
Photography Site: JohnStraubImageWorks.com
Registry #983
R Gruppe #741
Yes, touched up body color in line with 356 practice. Do not loose the Fuji nuts and washers as they are NLA in the correct size
Great! Thanks, I'll do that.
John
1959 356 Coupe, 1600 Super, sold
1960 356 Roaster, race car, SCCA, sold
1960 356 Roadster, show car, sold.
1962 356 Cab, show car, sold.
1965 911 #301111, Red Book Vol 1 "Cover Car," owned 54 years.
1967 911 #307347, bare-bones, some road wear, a little surface rust, and a few dents..., owned 14 years.
1970 914/6GT, (Sold - ran the last three Rennsports)owned 30 years.
Photography Site: JohnStraubImageWorks.com
Registry #983
R Gruppe #741
So, the people assembling the bumper deco trim to the bumpers, relatively far from the paint booth, would have a can of every conceivable color at hand and go to the trouble of daubing paint on the stud-ends and bolts protruding through the bumpers? And this was done on 356s? Then why weren't the bolts on the bumper brackets painted black after assembly? Photos of old, allegedly "original" car bumpers might be proof of this, but then again......
In fact , the bumper bracket bolts were painted black .
Jim,
The practice of touching up the deco studs, nuts and washers has been extremely well documented in the 356 world as has the use of black paint to touch up a variety of items. As pointed out by Richy the bolts and washers holding the bumper bracket to the car and bumper were also touched up black as were a whole lot of other items. It appears that the level of hand touching up got smaller as time progressed but it was still very much present on SWB cars.
For those of you not familiar with the English side of the vintage car world, the black paint on the nuts is known as "English Loktite".
It's done to extend the "service interval" which is triggered when a part falls off the car.
My other vintage machine is a 65 Morgan Drophead, and I know this routine well!
OK. Now that I know it was only black paint that was used I'm convinced. Thank you for the education on this!
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