Re: {Chrysler 300} 1962 Torqueflight Finish

[Ryan Hill <ryan_hillc300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel your pain. Years ago I picked up my freshly rebuilt TF from a shop that thought they were doing me a favour by painting it Ford blue……for my restoration. :( They weren’t as keen as I was to starting over,  putting it all in a hot tank to clean the crap off……so I sprayed it down with oven cleaner, scrubbed, wire wheeled, dremeled and tooth brushed it until it was bare. Unhappy with the now uneven finish I applied a very light coat of cast aluminum color paint. Looked nice but not correct. I like John’s approach of rubbing the paint with a rag. 

Told an engine builder doing the bottom end on an engine for my hotrod last year NOT to paint it AT ALL……about 8 times over several months. Even wrote it on everything and had them note it on my account. Guess what color it was when I picked it up? Arrgg! 

Ryan

On Feb 25, 2024, at 1:20 PM, 'John W Sager' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Every 727 or 904 I've ever seen was not painted at the factory. 

I had one that I painted with a silver paint, then rubbed the paint with a rag soaked in thinner while still wet. I ended up with a trans that didn't look like it was painted. It looked like a fresh aluminum casting when done. No pictures as this was when phones were attached to the wall and trans was still short for transmission. 

And a little useless trivia about transmission paint. Years ago, if you bought a transmission from Fairbanks, it came painted yellow and black. If the transmission got too hot, the yellow would change color. 

John

On Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 01:19:48 PM EST, RICK AND DEBBIE CLAPHAM <rixpac@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Looks good 👍 

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Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} 1962 Torqueflight Finish

 

Back in the real old days I remember transmission shops such as AAMCO would paint transmission cases different colors to designate type. I remember this because I grenaded my grandmother's FMX in her Mercury. When it got changed out it was dark blue. Must be a habit they couldn't shake.

Danny Plotkin 

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From: 'Matt Allyn' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: 2/25/24 11:07 AM (GMT-05:00)

To: Chrysler 300 List <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: {Chrysler 300} 1962 Torqueflight Finish

Had my transmission rebuilt.

It came back in gun metal grey.

(See below)

Almost as if it were a WWII ship item!

I wire-wheeled some of the paint off.

Did these aluminum Torqueflights leave the factory au natural?

Or were they sprayed with an aluminum paint finish?

Thanks

Matt Allyn

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