1972 Radiator support

[Dave Terrana]

I have a 1972 Radiator support I bought from an Arizona vehicle.NICE!
It has little or no rust showing on the outside.
I have prepped the support for paint and was wondering the "correct" color black to use.
Also,has anyone ever use a rust inhibitor inside the support?
If so, what type and how did you seal off all of the seams etc....
I was thinking of using a POR-15 product....
Your thoughts and experiences please.

Dave

[Joe L.]

Re: 1972 Radiator support

Dave-----

The support was originally painted a semi-flat black equivalent to GM #1040105.

[Patrick H.]

Re: 1972 Radiator support

And, it was already installed in the body at the time of blackout operation. So, for that "completely original" look, mount it in the engine compartment complete with shims and all, and then do your compartment blackout, being sure to overspray onto the radiator support.

Patrick

[Dave Terrana]

Re: 1972 Radiator support

While I will be replacing the radiator support, I will also be replacing a

front crossmember since BOTH are rusted and want to remove both for fear that

the rust will get onto/into the frame.

BLACKOUT PROCESS???

What is the correct product to use?

Is it sprayed on? If so, how much is a correct amount of "over-spray"?

This will be first time for me and AGAIN...I want to get it right!

Thanks to ALL who responded to my thread(s) It makes me glad I can get ALL the

help I need, with the experience level of SECOND TO NONE!!

THANKS FELLAS!

Dave

[Patrick H.]

Re: 1972 Radiator support

Dave,

After the car was painted in color, it then went through the next stage in line where black paint was sprayed in the wheelwells, front of the doors, under the T-tops, under the hood and inside the engine compartment. At the time, some brackets and also the radiator support were already installed.

One can use any type of medium to semi-flat black paint. I've seen some catalyzed paints used from a paint gun, but for D-I-Y'ers the common products are Krylon semi-flat black, Eastwood's Underhood Black or John Deere "Blitz Black" (though I can't recall exactly which part number).

Send me your e-mail address and I think I can send you some pictures. It's easy to see on my yellow car.

Patrick

[Patrick H.]

Blackout

Dave,

Take a look at the picture below.
Note that the radiator support, the vacuum hose brackets, the hood hinge and the flap over the frame were installed on the car at the time of blackout. Note the yellow paint on the vacuum hose clip as well as behind the frame flap at the bottom. The picture on my computer (better resolution) shows original blackout paint still on that lower flap.


Now on this one, note the upper edge of the radiator support along the top right of the picture. See the YELLOW exterior paint between the "lips" of the support?


And, for general information, look at this one. It clearly shows yellow on the vacuum hose bracket, as well as on the rear side of the inner fender. Note how the blackout is not applied all that well, missing quite a bit of the inner fender. In addition, there is bare fiberglass for a few inches below each hood "trough" as they really did not try hard to hit everything. The vast majority of the restored cars I see have far more black than the factory ever thought of applying.


Patrick

[Chas Henderson #28127]

Re: Blackout

Patrick, could you please post some pictures of the upper underside of the hood and the area from above shooting down on the lower hood latch area? The yellow / black out really make a great contrast. Is your car a 72?

Chasman