I need info on correct chassis color for a 61 and 72 Vette. Are there any websites you can go to find out? Any guide line websites?
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Re: Correct fame color 61 Vette and 72 Vette
Any websites you can go to??!! Dude...for classic Corvettes this IS IT!
I see you do auto restoration, so it may be possible to communicate the finish without a picture...For the 72, large chassis parts are painted black, but gloss levels vary according to part supplier
GM specified a thin black primer that was used to dip paint most smaller chassis parts, clips, brackets, etc. This primer was still available up until the early 2000s, but I don't know if you can still buy it. The last I heard was you had to buy it in 4 gallon cases fi you got it from Mr. Goodwrench. Try some of the Corvette resto vendors like Quanta Products. The gloss level of this primer was close to an eggshell or satin. Most of the black fasteners will be black phosphate finished, with a few zinc and black oxide.
The frame has slightly more gloss than eggshell...if you painted PPG DP-90 back before it became DPLF-90, that paint was nearly perfect and would pass judging; exactly correct gloss would be just slightly more glossy. Control arms, both front and rear, are more glossy than the frame, somewhere between semi-gloss and full gloss, but closer to semi-gloss. If you have them more glossy than the frame, you'll do fine in judging.
On the C1, I haven't a clue, but others here can help you. -
Other Details For NCRS Restoration
If you are doing a full body-off resto for NCRS judging, or for just an outstanding collector resto, remember to record photographically ALL paint daubs/marks on chassis parts such as spindles, steering linkage, differential; crayon/shim marks on the frame; and, if it has a Muncie transmission, the inked broadcast stamp on the transmission. The broadcast stamp will be on the top of the transmission and may be very faint. Those are just the chassis markings I think of off the top of my head.
Note and record any marks found anywhere on the chassis when the grease has been carefully cleaned off. A correct restoration will restore all these marks to the original location as exactly as possible after the parts are refinished. The various marks are not judged by NCRS (too much variation), but they do maintain the original character of the car, and will be valued by collectors.
Of course, if you do restorations, you already know these details...no insult intended.Comment
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