I know and understand why the judges want to see the blacking out of the exhaust. I guess this was part of the underbody blackout procedure at the factory on the assembly line. My confusion is if the judges want to see evidence of the underbody blackout then wouldn't it be obvious that the assembly line worker, while blacking out the exhaust would also have black overspray on the floor around the exhaust? You know they didn't tape up the floor before shooting the paint. Every Top Flight car that I see has the exhaust painted black but no overspray on the floor around it. Please explain how this process of restoration gets full credit although we should all know that the factory didn't take the time to cover up the underbody floor. Wouldn't/shouldn't this be just as much of grounds for deduction as no painted exhaust? Both methods are obviously signs of over-restoration, right?
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
Justin;
If you writing about C2 and later, the " chassis black out to mufflers" was completed just before the "body drop" onto the chassis.
I believe '63, early on, was done with a mitt by hand. Maybe a '63 person could chime in here.And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
It was my understanding from what I have read on this forum and elsewhere for C1s is that the exhaust were on the chassis and black out was applied before the body drop. On my 1960 I blacked out everything including the clamps and brackets that are mounted on the frame to hold the exhaust in place. However, I did not black out the exhaust tips and the clamps holding the tips to the rear pipes. I don't know if this is correct, so I guess I find out the first time I have the car judged. There are some pretty good pictures in Nolan Adam's C1 book. Some of the very early C1s and a decent one of a 62 body drop on page 335 that sure looks like the exhaust are already black.
DonDon Harris
Current: 67 convertible Marina Blue L79
Former: 60 Red/Red, 2x4, 245hp (Regional and National Top Flight 2013), 66 coupe Nassau Blue, L79 (Chapter and Regional Top Flight 2017)Comment
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
"'63, early on, was done with a mitt by hand."
PLEASE PLEASE don't start that nonsense again!Comment
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And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
I understand the process now, thanks for your help!Comment
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
On a '62, is the entire exhaust system, pipes, mufflers, tailpipes painted black and around entire pipe, muffler, or were just the top parts painted by worker spraying paint downward, not hitting bottoms?Comment
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
Frame was inverted, so sprayer, painting down, was hitting the underside, not the top.Comment
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
Can we get Carlton Colclough in on this discussion ?
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
John Hinckley did a 2011 "paper" on C2 assembly process which explains the muffler blackout as the last step just before the body drop.And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
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Re: Exhaust blackout, help me understand!
I worked there. "Mitting" never happened. Chassis blackout was done near the end of the Chassis Line, just prior to Body Drop, using airless spray equipment fed by air-driven Johnstone pumps in 55-gallon drums on both sides of the line.Comment
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