67 inner fender blackout paint

[Al R.]

What is now the recommended rattle can paint to use for the inner fender/firewall blackout process that can be touched up at a later time that would be most correct for judging for a 67? Or if I need to have mixed what is the best mixed and with what degree of flattener added?TIA guys

[Stephen L.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

John Deere Blitz Black or Krylon semiflat works. If you must do some touchup later just remember to use the same paint.

[Al R.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Thanks Stephen. I have a JD dealer a couple miles from my house.

[Grant W.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Thanks Stephen. I have a JD dealer a couple miles from my house.

There should be some paint on the edge of the A arm Flaps and some on the staples. No paint directly under the A arm flap area.
On the fire wall, spray right at it. Some areas missed is the deep inside right or left side of the of the fire wall. Don't do it perfectly. The heater box. Spray the top and the front, don't paint the underside perfectly. There should be some natural fiberglass directly under neath it. Even make some drips and you'll see it run at the bottom edge of the Heat box.
Hope this helps.
Grant

[Michael H.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

The heater box. Spray the top and the front, don't paint the underside perfectly. There should be some natural fiberglass directly under neath it. Grant

Grant,

I don't think the heater assembly was installed before engine compartment blackout.

[Steve B.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

I agree with Micheal. I believe that the heater box was not painted.

[Stephen L.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Firewall blackout was performed before installation of firewall items... so the heater box has no blackout.... it is a dark gray molded natural fiberglass with some glass strands showing. There may be a "caulk" material around the edge to prevent water leaks.
The footpan areas does not have complete blackout. (visualize painting by leaning over the fender and not really caring about perfect coverage)

[Ronald L.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Is this the same for 66 and prior C2 years?

[Michael H.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Is this the same for 66 and prior C2 years?

All 63-67 bodies received engine compartment blackout just before they went into the final paint bake/reflow oven. There wasn't much of anything attached to the body in the way of hardware or hard trim. The entire firewall was naked. Basically, just a body shell.

Pretty much the same for all years, at least at the St Louis plant.

[Ronald L.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Thanks, Michael, that's the way I remember how the process was defined.

[Al R.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Thanks guys, my a/c box was not painted when I removed it. It was a one owner (woman) and had not been been redone or re-touched thru the years. It's just been I disassembled it back in 95 or 96 & as sometimes, things happen, kids grow up, etc--times fly!

[Scott S.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Thanks guys, my a/c box was not painted when I removed it. It was a one owner (woman) and had not been been redone or re-touched thru the years. It's just been I disassembled it back in 95 or 96 & as sometimes, things happen, kids grow up, etc--times fly!

Al,

I don't know about the non-A/C cars, but I believe the evaporator box assembly for cars with C60 (on the firewall, with attached blower motor housing) was painted a semi-gloss black (not anything to do with the engine bay blackout process). There was still fresh-looking and reflective black paint under the Harrison sticker on my '67 evaporator box.

If this is not how it was from the factory, someone please say so

[John H.]

Re: 67 inner fender blackout paint

Al,

I don't know about the non-A/C cars, but I believe the evaporator box assembly for cars with C60 (on the firewall, with attached blower motor housing) was painted a semi-gloss black (not anything to do with the engine bay blackout process). There was still fresh-looking and reflective black paint under the Harrison sticker on my '67 evaporator box.

If this is not how it was from the factory, someone please say so

Scott -

That's correct - the A/C evaporator assembly on the engine side of the firewall arrived at St. Louis painted gloss black from Harrison; just like the unpainted heater blower housing, it was installed on the Hard Trim Line, long after the Paint Shop blackout process.