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Mail From: Jon Elliott (email redacted)

Paul,
Actually both are correct. The assembly line directive from Ford was
that the blackout was to either stop at the pinch-weld that divides the cowl
area from the firewall (your shock tower braces bolt onto this) or to
continue to the top of the front face of the cowl area. I think a lot of
them stopped at the pinch weld, as it was a convenient dividing line. The
important thing is, whichever you choose, not to use tape to divide the
black from the body color. It was a quick assembly line hack to black out
the engine compartment, not a precision operation, and the line from black
to body at the left and right sides of the pinch-weld and tops of inner
fenders should be fuzzy, not distinct.

If you'd like a good formula for catalyzed semi-gloss black enamel for
your engine compartment, please let me know. It's dead-on right, and my car
has won numerous 1st place awards in stock and concours judged events.
Engine compartment should not be flat, and not gloss black either.


Jon Elliott
'70 428CJ-4spd Mach 1

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> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 09:54:24 EDT
> From: (email redacted)
> To: (email redacted)
> Subject: under hood paint colors for 70
> Message-ID: <(email redacted)>
>
> Hello, any of you list members that have a 69 or 70 Mustang, I have a
> question on the firewall, In the area where the wiring for the wiper motor
> goes through, I am trying to find out what color it is. I have seen some
that
> are body color, and some that are underhood black. What ones are correct?
The
> car was built in Dearborn, on April 70, if that makes a difference. Thanks
> for any help.
>
> Paul Bradway
> 70 Coupe
> 72 LTD convertible
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Mail From: Watkins Jim LtCol CADRE/WSF (email redacted)

All,

Eastwood sells a not-flat - not gloss type paint that is supposedly
a duplicate of factory paint.

JIM WATKINS
"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert." Arthur C. Clarke



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Elliott [SMTPemail redacted)]
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:20 PM
> To: (email redacted)
> Subject: Re: [CM:18339] CLASSIC-MUSTANGS digest 1292
>
> Paul,
> Actually both are correct. The assembly line directive from Ford was
> that the blackout was to either stop at the pinch-weld that divides the
> cowl
> area from the firewall (your shock tower braces bolt onto this) or to
> continue to the top of the front face of the cowl area. I think a lot of
> them stopped at the pinch weld, as it was a convenient dividing line. The
> important thing is, whichever you choose, not to use tape to divide the
> black from the body color. It was a quick assembly line hack to black out
> the engine compartment, not a precision operation, and the line from black
> to body at the left and right sides of the pinch-weld and tops of inner
> fenders should be fuzzy, not distinct.
>
> If you'd like a good formula for catalyzed semi-gloss black enamel for
> your engine compartment, please let me know. It's dead-on right, and my
> car
> has won numerous 1st place awards in stock and concours judged events.
> Engine compartment should not be flat, and not gloss black either.
>
>
> Jon Elliott
> '70 428CJ-4spd Mach 1
>
> >
> > Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 09:54:24 EDT
> > From: (email redacted)
> > To: (email redacted)
> > Subject: under hood paint colors for 70
> > Message-ID: <(email redacted)>
> >
> > Hello, any of you list members that have a 69 or 70 Mustang, I have a
> > question on the firewall, In the area where the wiring for the wiper
> motor
> > goes through, I am trying to find out what color it is. I have seen some
> that
> > are body color, and some that are underhood black. What ones are
> correct?
> The
> > car was built in Dearborn, on April 70, if that makes a difference.
> Thanks
> > for any help.
> >
> > Paul Bradway
> > 70 Coupe
> > 72 LTD convertible
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > All the list info you'll ever want: antler.moose.to/~server/cm
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
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> > ***********************************
> >
>
>
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