Leo, I can not even think why these are black I have never seen any other
than car color. However, my 1960 BE one year old when I got it had black
hood hinges. No fooling. You know, thinking about it I would supose that
bonnets and bodys were painted before mateing them.
But then what do I know, maybe some were body color and some were black.
I expect that the frame horns black is an aberation, In fact in that pic on
page 181 I see other things that are not correct as we know it. Maybe
someone slipped us a sneeky one. Happens. Guess that is why an orginal
documented car is worth so much.
>I don't want to get into the semantics of a he said, they said argument and
> nor do I want to choose sides in this conversation but why not approach it
> from a logic perspective. As far as the frame member under the radiator
> does it make more economical sense for a manufacturer to paint an area
> under
> a component after the component is installed or before? I would argue
> that
> the area was painted before . Which brings us to the next question , did
> the manufacturer mask off and paint a second color over the original color
> which means he had to pay the labor to mask off the surrounding metalwork.
> I think not!!! Is it possible there is a high instance of where paint got
> on
> the cross member when an owner refreshed the radiator paint.. much more
> likely. Have learned a little investigative logic goes a long way lots of
> times. That said I would argue that, as the standards state, that the
> frame
> rail is painted body color.
>
> Leo
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> In addition, the frame comming from under the radiator is black as well.
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