Re: [FWDLK] What color should firewall, inner fenders, and radiator support be?

[Roger Howard <roger.d.howard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

While we all regard Bill with the greatest respect, I hope he is not 
including  the '59 Plymouth line here. There is no way my 1959 Plymouth had 
inner fenders and core support painted body color from the factory. It is 
extremely unlikely someone dismantled the car and stripped the paint from 
the aforementioned parts, just to paint them semi-flat black.  And, in my 
sightings of '59 Plymouths over the years in salvage yards, back yards and 
swap meets, no "un-restored" example ever had anything but black on these 
parts.
RogerH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] What color should firewall, inner fenders, and radiator 
support be?


> I have looked through my collection of clippings (new model introductions,
> road tests, etc.) from 1957 to 1961 and all have the following -
>
> firewall - body colour
> innner fenders - body colour
> radiator crossmember - body colour
>
> There is a 1960 DeSoto "FireFlyt" on eBay - supposedly factory gold (a
> colour not offered in 1960) with a white roof.  If you look closely at the
> engine compartment you can see the inner fenders are painted white and is 
> a
> much older paint than the exterior gold (which is extremely shiny and 
> clean
> in all door jambs, door edges, etc.)  Although the seller is in Canada, 
> the
> car is American.
>
> Virtually all the 'restored' cars, except those done by Richard Carpenter,
> have black for inner fenders and radiator crossmember.
>
> As for the DeSoto models, the 1957-59 Firesweep models were built at
> Hamtamck and came down the same line as the Dodges.
>
> The other 1959 models plus the 1960-61 DeSotos built at Jefferson Avenue
> came down the same line as the Chryslers.  And DeSotos built at LosAngeles
> and Windsor came down the same line as the Plymouths, Dodges and 
> Chryslers.
> The non-Firesweep 1957-58 models built in Detroit came off the Wyoming
> Avenue assembly line which built only DeSoto cars.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Larry Ashbaugh
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] What color should firewall, inner fenders, and 
> radiator
> support be?
>
>
> Checked my 57, 58 and 59 Dodge Coronets and 60 Chrysler Windsor,  All 
> three
> Dodges had black inner fenders and radiator supports.  Firewalls were
> primary body colors (white, white, and grey).  The Chrysler had firewall,
> inner fenders and radiator support primary body color.  Looks like from 
> the
> responses, most Dodges, Desotos and Plymouths had the black inner fenders
> and radiator support, while Chryslers had the body colors. 
> But.............
>
> Question:  Do the Desotos which are built on the Dodge chassis (Firesweep)
> have the black inner fender/radiator supports like the Dodges and the 
> larger
> wheelbase cars built on the Chrysler chassis body color, or are they all 
> the
> same?  Did all Desoto models come down the same assembly line (Firesweep,
> Firedome, Adventurer, etc)?
>
> Larry (Akron)
>
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