hi jeff seen your old notes on hood paint detailing but still need some direction please- i have painted some of the smaller items for car- body color- laid on a couple coats grabber blue on top of hood - wondering what kind of semi black for underside of hood . would eng bay blk be the correct blk dplf90 seems to be the choice- correct me if i'm off base of that - i know about the "soft" 1" paint line.
The black used appears to have been as flat as the engine compartment black or even (depending on what you have seen) a little flatter IMHO. As long as there is not a reflection in the paint you should be in the neighborhood
........ .... is the top lip of lower stone guard painted blk . i know the inside area is blk. along with the turn signal pockets.
Not the lip as it comes up the front and travels back across the top towards the radiator but the top surface of the stone guard/front valance where it could be viewed from the top when the hood is open
Remember that the blackout on the turn signal pockets are a progressive angled transition from the outer upper corner to the front edge of the inside diagonal support
........ also is cowl area to be painted blk ( above the firewall to cowl pinchwelds- where shock tower braces bolt to cowl) it's a june19/69 production did expose blue when I stripped car but eng bay had been painted blk 2or 3 times since new - how about the forward center scoop in hood ?- blk inside i suppose thanks david
On a June 69 built Dearborn car we would expect to see the surface of the cowl above the firewall pinch weld to be blacked out with engine compartment black.