I agree w/Carl. Prior to ’60, the battery tray was an extension and welded assembly as part of the fender liner, then a rubber tray installed to fit under the battery w/it’s own drain tube. From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 'C Bilter' cbilter@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:53 AM To: Lindsey; dan300f@xxxxxxx Cc: jfwilliams2007@xxxxxxxxx; 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jholst@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Battery Tray Color Fellas, I believe that it varied by year and even possibly by car line. I can state for a fact that ‘63 was body/engine bay color on top and sides and generally just primer underneath (gray primer on my examples) for both Chrysler and Imperial. This is because the battery tray perhaps was primed for the parts bin stock and attached to the unpainted fender when the car was assembled. It was painted body color as part of the assembled front clip. Not much body color paint if any got on the underside of the tray. Black trays in ‘60-‘61 = possibly different assembly line process? Carl B. From: mailto:Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:21 AM To: dan300f@xxxxxxx Cc: jfwilliams2007@xxxxxxxxx ; 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx ; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; jholst@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Battery Tray Color Glad to hear that Dan, as i repainted mine black never thinking it was body colour. Maybe '60 was different than '62 Sent from my iPad On Dec 10, 2015, at 9:22 AM, dan300f@xxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi: Sorry to pour water on the subject but the battery tray in my F is black whereas the engine bay is Alaskan White. Dan Reitz Bell Canyon, CA In a message dated 12/9/2015 4:31:41 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: The battery tray in my mostly original 62 Sport is the same color as the engine bay. Joe Williams SS Md On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 4:57 PM, "2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; wrote: _____ From: "Bob Merritt" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 11:20:58 AM Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Battery Tray Color Hey Dougerrrrrrr; I am 99% sure it is the same as the engine bay. That is how I have always done it and have yet to hear it was wrong. Hiho R ------ Original Message ------ From: "2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Chrysler300" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: 12/8/2015 2:05:47 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] Battery Tray Color Hi Group, Replacing the battery in my 62 Sport and will clean and repaint the battery tray. Question: Should the battery tray be the same color as the engine bay or black? Doug Warrener [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Posted by: "David Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang ------------------------------------ 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: Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/