My 67, (YY yellow) has body color firewall paint, it is original yet I never see anything but black painted firewalls at the casual shows! In talking with those folks they insist black is the right color for 67 firewalls. Can anyone shed some light on this issue? hipirn

 

I have been working with a guy who is a concours judge on 67 through 69 and he says the enginge compartments were all done in satin black. Obvisously I have not seen your car but I would bet to say that the yellow is not original, maybe it was done a long time ago so it has that old look but I have never seen an original done with anything but satin black.
The inside of the front fenders were also shot the same color of the car before the fenders were installed. I just had the paint and body work done on my 67RS and did alot of research before having it done so it would be as original as possible. Hope this helps you out a little!

 

Black was the standard color for engine compartments.

 

Satin Black? Wher can i find this paint?

 

Thanks posters..This firewall paint thingis interesting. This 67convertible I'm working on was bought new by my father inlaw, and accrued directly to me, andhad never been apart until my ownership, and the firewall is (was)YELLOW extending down to the subframe to the grey of the floor pan. Unfortunatley the photo's of the original are gone, and I've repainted both the under floor and the firewall. Yes, yellow and grey again, though the grey color is off a shade toward the gray/green side! I'm not trying for a concours restoration but am keeping it as much original as I can but still presentable??... hipirn

 

Hi. Save your self some money andgo to your localharware store and buy a 1qt. of Rust-oleum 7777 satin black and thin it down with terpenitine and you'll get the original look.
good luck.

 

dont go satin black bc if u somehow hit it with something u will see it.

 

So, you are saying it was/is yellow in the inside firewall and outside fire wall?

 

cplthomas: The dash side of the firewall at the bottom was floor color the upper part was pretty much bare and the outside (hood side) is yellow the same as the outside of the car! hipirn

 

Interesting. I can see the inside being the same color as the rest of the car, but the outside fire wall.... hmmm. I would say that the outside paint is from some over spray and the painter just got it too much on the firewall, the inside is from the paint process in general, I think they painted the car all one color then went back and painted the inside to dealer/buyer specs.