April, The answer, as far as I know, is entirely silver for both engine and transmission. I am forwarding this reply to the Imperial Mailing List to have this confirmed or denied. I have seen pictures of these cars with certain items in black, like the oil filler cap and the spark plug wire covers, but believe this is not correct. I think there is a stand color called "MOPAR ENGINE SILVER." Again I hope someone will confirm this as well. There part be a code number for it. In passing the interior of the fenders and the fire wall should be the same color as the exterior of the car. Certain attachments are black, like the A/C compressor, the generator and the air cleaner. Have I seen pictures of your father's car? I would really like to see some. I never came across a 58 Imperial I did not like! with your permission, it would be great if we could add pictures of his car to the Imperial web site. I'd like to add them to my own site as well, if you don't mind. Both sites have a lot of surviving 58 Imperial pictures but there is always room for more. You can e-mail pictures to me and I will take care of sharing them. If you don't have any ready to send, you may e-mail them to me, I can scan them and return them to you both by mail and e-mail so you will have them available to share in the future. Hugh > Hi, > My name is April and I'm writing you for my father, Manny Alves. > He hardly ever checks his e-mail, so I figure I'll use mine. > He is currently having his car worked on and needs to know what > color the motor and transmission originally was. Do you know? How could > he find out if you aren't sure? We'll be leaving on vacation from the > 19th to the 2nd, so if you don't hear back from us during that time, > you'll know why. > Thanks!! > > April :-P