1969 Rear Bearing Support Opinion

[Steve M.]

Doing a frame off on a 1969 convertible. I have put all running gear frame together and going over the new NCRS Guide. I will be painting the body this Spring and hope to finish up the car for the Fall. I have rebuilt the trailing arms and support with new bearings, seals, set run out, torqued everything and reinstalled. Question/Comments: For some reason, I painted the support flat black which the new Guide calls out as natural. Does anyone know the point deduction for this mistake and would you just leave it as/is and take the deduction. I hate to leave an obvious mistake but hate to take apart everything since getting the trailing arms and supports all redone. Any thought comments would be appreciated. Thanks Steve

[Joe L.]

Re: 1969 Rear Bearing Support Opinion

Doing a frame off on a 1969 convertible. I have put all running gear frame together and going over the new NCRS Guide. I will be painting the body this Spring and hope to finish up the car for the Fall. I have rebuilt the trailing arms and support with new bearings, seals, set run out, torqued everything and reinstalled. Question/Comments: For some reason, I painted the support flat black which the new Guide calls out as natural. Does anyone know the point deduction for this mistake and would you just leave it as/is and take the deduction. I hate to leave an obvious mistake but hate to take apart everything since getting the trailing arms and supports all redone. Any thought comments would be appreciated. Thanks Steve

Steve------

The 1969 bearing supports were natural cast iron. However, left natural cast iron they will rather quickly rust, especially if you live in a humid environment. Of course, after cleaning, you could have left them natural and lightly coated them with something like satin finish urethane clear. That still would not have given you a natural cast iron appearance since when cast iron is cleaned (bead blast, wire brush, chemicals, etc.), the original appearance of the cast iron is lost and cannot be restored. So, "pick your poison"-----a not-so-original "natural" finish or painted black. Of course, the black-painted would be much easier to detect in judging.

I don't know what the point deduction would be but I'd leave them black.

[Terry M.]

Re: 1969 Rear Bearing Support Opinion

Doing a frame off on a 1969 convertible. I have put all running gear frame together and going over the new NCRS Guide. I will be painting the body this Spring and hope to finish up the car for the Fall. I have rebuilt the trailing arms and support with new bearings, seals, set run out, torqued everything and reinstalled. Question/Comments: For some reason, I painted the support flat black which the new Guide calls out as natural. Does anyone know the point deduction for this mistake and would you just leave it as/is and take the deduction. I hate to leave an obvious mistake but hate to take apart everything since getting the trailing arms and supports all redone. Any thought comments would be appreciated. Thanks Steve

Point deduction for anything can be sourced from the judging sheets which are on-line (I'll save you some time -- https://www.ncrs.org/services/judging-score-sheets.php) and applying CDCIF. Don't know or understand CDCIF? Attend a judging school at your local NCRS Chapter or come to an NCRS Regional or National for a class on Judging for beginners of if all else fails an Advanced Judging Seminar (don't let the name fool you).

[Patrick H.]

Re: 1969 Rear Bearing Support Opinion

With a lot of judicious taping you could always paint it with "Cast Blast" so that it at least looks more correct. However, either one will result in a deduction.

Reminds me of the steering box in my 70 Cutlass. Obviously black from Day 1, I sent it to a well-known restorer and it came back in Cast Blast. I taped it up and painted it black before I reinstalled it just so the next owner might know what was correct.

[Ron G.]