1962 paint what was assembled in the paint booth

[Dino L.]

Trying to document what was painted, masked etc. here is a shot of the convertible deck male catch, it was yellow dichromate and was on the deck when it was sprayed. It has body color on the bracket with an ill fitting mask. You can see poor coverage under it image.jpg

[Dino L.]

Re: 1962 paint what was assembled in the paint booth

The fuel tank confuses me. The lip is painted but so is the cover and screws. I don't understand thatimage.jpg

[Dino L.]

Re: 1962 paint what was assembled in the paint booth

On the glove box, the molding clips were painted, I noticed the two clips on hinge were painted but the top two were not
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[Steven B.]

Re: 1962 paint what was assembled in the paint booth

Dino, was your car repainted with a color change? I see black and Roman Red/Honduras Maroon??

[Dino L.]

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Steven, The car was painted a red/purple metal flake over what I believe to be original Roman Red over a gray factory primer/sealer......What confuses me is that there are areas that have been sprayed over.......like the trunk, the car has a black interior, red sidewalls so is the trunk compartment painted black or is it painted red? the underside of the trunk lid is factory red.... Is the folding top area painted red as well as underneath the decklid red? I see signs of black primer or was the underside black? The hood should have black underneath, yet it is all red right now over black....the engine compartment shows blackout, The center console radio heater area is gloss black, and the glove box center section is red? The trunk is what confuses me the most, what should it look like when a car is roman red with black interior?

[Dino L.]

Re: 1962 paint what was assembled in the paint booth

here is a color shot....looks like roman redoriginal paint red.jpg

[John T.]

Re: 1962 paint what was assembled in the paint booth

Roman Red car would have a Roman Red trunk.

Hope this helps.

John

[Mike E.]

Re: 1962 paint what was assembled in the paint booth

For the sake of someone in the future using this post to determine how to do their 62 correctly, Dino's pictures are NOT typical factory production! Trunk and gas tank area were body color on 61-62. Catch shown with paint on it was NOT on the car when paint was applied at factory, etc.