Hey Lindsey, the distributor in my 59 is black, just unscrewed the vacuum advance and its black under there as well. Maybe throughout time, climates, chemicles yours had faded and the blue/purple pigments in the black paint are all that remain? Jim 300E --- In Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Lindsey Fuller <yesdnil@...> wrote: > > Got out to the car today. Distributor part # IBS-4010 & number 1842811 > matches the book we have. We took off everything except the chrysler > plate & it is all purple underneath. Seems unusual that someone would go > to all the trouble of removing everything, including the chrysler plate, > to paint it the wrong colour. Perhaps this falls into the category of > Chrysler did a lot of different things over the course of production? > ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/