Was the data plate on the firewall painted with the firewall or was it unpainted and put on after the firewall was painted?.
This is for my 1940 9033
Ken Dennison CLC#26801
The answer to this might be in the post I made in the "General Discussion" under "Familiar house" thread. I just hate to have to re-type it all over again.
It is painted black if your firewall is black or body color if your firewall is body color.
Thanks, I took it off when I had the body blasted.
KD
Exact rivets to put the data plate back on are available from the guy that does the repo data plates.
I checked my 40-9019 and sure enough, the data plate had been painted black (the same as the firewall) however, about half had peeled off. I noted that in line with the "PAINT No" was "-6W" - does anyone know what this signifies?
Regards, Ross.
Hi Ross,
That 6W is for 6 wheel equipment; side mounts. If your car is an SO[special order]car, both the paint & trim codes are deleted. The original invoice will show what the SO was, paint or trim. Many of the 38-40 V16's had SO interior trim.
HTH, Bob
That car was one, as I recall, that had the firewall painted black when it was assembled. My 39-90 coupe was shipped to Detroit with it, and the firewall on both cars happened to be blsck.
I must have said a hundred times that those cars were finished up to the point where interior and body color were added when a customer ordered the car. Finishing the car to that point made it possible to warehouse a few cars, ready for an order from the dealer. My 38-90 sedan was finished completely as itwas built, and had been painted the body color completely.
If memory serves, the body plate on the Bill Tite 90 sedan, now in Australia, had no paint code, as on my coupe. That was because the body was still in primer when the car was completed. As Brad Ipsen has already said, the invoice for the car DID tell what color the car was painted when delivered to the original owner. I needed to see the invoice for my coupe before I knew for sure that the original color was Cavern Green.
Oh, BTW, in the days that our cars were built, the body plate was ALWAYS PAINTED the same color as was the firewall. It was never left polished aluminum.
Hi Bob
Yes, the Paint No. is blank and the Trim No. has SO- in front of the number (8563). I was driving to work and the penny dropped re: the 6W! I thought that by the time I got back to the forum, someone would have answered my question!
Regards, Ross.