'69 Air cleaner base and fan, best paint to spray

[Jack O.]

Hi everyone,

I've seen several posts indicating that PPG gloss black is a good (best?) match for a C3 air cleaner base. Is that still the case and does anyone have the exact number? I'm also going to use it to spray my engine fan.

Thanks,
Jack

[Fred H.]

Re: '69 Air cleaner base and fan, best paint to spray

Jack, we recieved a 1 point deduction for over restoring our 72 LT1 air cleaner base, no hanger marks.

[Jack O.]

Re: '69 Air cleaner base and fan, best paint to spray

Thanks for the heads-up Fred. The base has already been repainted so I can't see the original hanger mark now but I plan on completely stripping it with paint stripper and won't be surprised if I can see a difference in the bare metal where the metal that had been exposed, most likely for years, looks slightly different.