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02-05-2015, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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Correct (original) colour for Toploader?
What is the correct colour for a Toploader?
I've seen Toploaders in a number of colours that look period correct (to my uninformed eye), but which colour did they leave the factory with in the '60s?
Cheers,
Glen
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02-05-2015, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Nekkid....they were not painted. The top cover was bare, stamped steel and the case was the "as cast" iron. Ford was not about to spend money gilding the pig no one could see.
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02-05-2015, 08:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark IV
Nekkid....they were not painted. The top cover was bare, stamped steel and the case was the "as cast" iron. Ford was not about to spend money gilding the pig no one could see.
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Oh well, if I just pick what I think looks period-correct, nobody can say that it's the wrong colour paint 
Cheers,
Glen |
02-06-2015, 04:11 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xb-60
Oh well, if I just pick what I think looks period-correct, nobody can say that it's the wrong colour paint
Cheers,
Glen |
When I had my restoration business we would use Seymour "Cast Blast" on the case and their "Stainless Steel" paint on the cover/hardware and it looked pretty good plus it prevented rust. |
02-06-2015, 04:30 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mooresville,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
Posts: 601
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And if you can't find "Seymour", Eastwood carries the same things in a relable.
John O
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02-06-2015, 04:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
AR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
Posts: 4,519
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There are also several "bare metal" preservative finishes (clear) out now for restorers but I haven't tried any of them.
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02-06-2015, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Cambridge, England,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 289 leafspring, r/p
Posts: 518
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Well, technically you can't be wrong with the colour... Cobras had T10s...
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02-06-2015, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: LAS VEGAS,
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Cobra Make, Engine: contemporary(2) one with 427 sohc and one with 427 center oiler
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Bare Metal t-10
 
I smoothed my case and painted it titanium color. I just couldn't leave well enough alone. |
02-06-2015, 05:20 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rsk289
Well, technically you can't be wrong with the colour... Cobras had T10s...
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And they were nekkid as well! |
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