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trans pan original color / plating?

Started by resq302, July 04, 2012, 08:57:30 PM

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resq302

July 04, 2012, 08:57:30 PM
What color would the trans pan on a 904 be originally when it left the factory? It is currently painted black now but I want to say it should be a clear zinc plating.

Any help would be appreciated.
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

Charger-Bodie

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July 04, 2012, 09:12:29 PM
Someone will come along thats more sure, but Im pretty sure they were bare steel.
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68 383 auto with a/c and power windows. Now 440 4 speed jj1 gold black interior .
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resq302

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July 04, 2012, 09:49:28 PM
I thought that too but then figured it would have had to have some kind of rust inhibitor coating like clear zinc.  Otherwise, it would have rusted and caused major problems with the trans pan getting pin holes.
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

gtx6970

#3
July 09, 2012, 07:11:12 AM
bare steel with some kind of rust preventative.

what that was I can't answer. But I want to say it was a phosphate coating of some kind

resq302

#4
July 09, 2012, 07:29:54 AM
Well, I ended up stripping the black paint that had been on the trans pan down to bare metal, polished it up a bit to give it a nice new shine and then applied some RPM to it for a rust preventative measure.  Hopefully it will be close enough to original for peoples liking.   :lol:
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

bill440rt

#5
July 09, 2012, 10:21:15 AM
Quote from: 1HotDaytona on July 04, 2012, 09:12:29 PM
Someone will come along thats more sure, but Im pretty sure they were bare steel.


Ding, ding ding!!!  :yesnod:
x2
Bare steel.
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440

#6
July 09, 2012, 10:44:57 AM
I don't think rust prevention was much of a concern back then. Undercoating was about the best thing you got, and as we find out today it didn't do much back then either...  :lol:
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