Last Updated:
11/26/2012
1931
Part Colors
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Engine
and other Parts
for Five Passenger and Landau Phaeton |
Original Color |
Part |
Black
(See Note below) |
Starter
Generator
Distributor body
Carburetor body
Engine under (splash) pans
Emergency brake-rod body
Oil filler tube (Note:1)
Radiator and surrounding metal
Transmission |
Dark Blue Gray |
Engine body
Head
Bell housing
Water pump
Water pump pulley
Side cover
Valve cover
Valve Cover acorn nuts
Fan Blade
Oil Filler Tube (1) See Note Below
Spark plug wire brackets
Generator pulley
Generator bracket
Generator brace
Harmonic balancer
Exhaust manifold
Intake manifold
Intake/Exhaust manifold clamps
Spark advance cable bracket
Oil distributor
Flywheel cover
Oil gauge line bracket that attaches to the flange on the engine block
behind the oil distributor |
Bare metal |
Fuel pump
Cowl Body Tag
|
Nickel Plated |
Emergency brake handle, Pawl
rod, and pawl
2-Front Door handles and escutcheon plates
(shallow height)
2-Front window handles and escutcheon plates
(deeper height)
2-Rear window handles and escutcheon plates
(deeper height)
4-Gauge bezels
1-Smoking Case and Ashtray
1-Accelerator Foot rest (or unfinished steel)
1-Seat adjustment handle
2-Detachable Pillar escutcheon plates (Landau) |
Chrome Plated |
Headlight wiring cable (or
Stainless)
2-Outside door handles
1-Outside Trunk handle
5-Handle ferruls
1-Radiator shell
1-Lower radiator ring
1-Crank hole cover
1- Stone guard
4-6 Hubcaps
2-Headlights
1-Headlight bar
4-Headlight bar acorn nuts
1-Wiper motor (Landau) |
Black Background |
Generator Tag
Starter Tag
Distributor Tag |
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NOTES: |
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Glossy Black
verses
Flat Black |
A note regarding the gloss
vs. dull paint; there actually wasn't any dull (flat black) paint used
in 1931, since everything was glossy, including the frame. From what I
was able to find out, flat black had not been invented yet |
Oil Filler Tube |
(Note: 1) There is some
discussion as to the actual color of the oil filler tube. Skip
feels that it's Gray. Most of the Chevy literature shows the oil
filler tube as engine color. But a lot of people (in the midwest
or east coast) swear that they've seen original cars which had black
ones. Because of these variations it would appear that either black or
engine color would be correct! I have an original car which has one painted
factory black. The jury is still out on this one! |
Engine Painting
Scheme |
From: Skip Geear
To: Bill Barker
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: 1931 Chevrolet engine colors and stuff
Hi Ya Billy!
Okay, now picture this! The 1931 engines were
completely assembled with all parts except for the generator,
carburetor, starter and distributor. Everything else, including
the manifolds, were already on the engine, and then they painted it!
Which means, that the exhaust manifold was also painted engine color (it
immediately burned off when the engine was started), and the oil filler
tube, as you know, was also attached to the pan with a bracket, so it
would have been on the engine as well. Even the edges of the cork
gaskets on the valve cover and the push rod cover were painted engine
color! Look at the original factory film strips, and they show the
oil filler tube as engine color. My all original 1932 Chevy as
never been touched and I am second owner, and I have checked my oil
filler tube and it is engine color. HOWEVER, some cars have been
known to have a black oil filler tube, and the reason why is unknown.
Maybe it was added after the engine was painted, or maybe it was
replaced, or whatever, so a disclaimer would be correct to add to the
above information, because there are variations. Also, remember
that the correct engine color is a very Dark Blue Gray, and after a few
years of use it looked almost black!
I hope that this helps you!
Skippy |
Pulley Color? |
Bill Barker wrote:
Skipper,What
color should the pulley on my 1931 Chevrolet generator be? I'd
assume black since it was added after the engine was already
painted. --- Bill Barker (Clueless in
Seattle
From: Skip Geear
To: Bill Barker
Date: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: 1931 Chevrolet engine colors
Hi Ya Billy!
The color of the generator pulley should be engine
color, Dark-Blue Gray. I really don't have a definite or logical
answer as to why, and I have been trying to figure it out for years, but
I have not come up with a common sense solution. In going through
my original factory film strips for 1929 through 1932, I found a number
of shots of the front of the engine with no radiator and in every view
the pulley is painted engine color. I have also checked my
original dealers album for 1932 (it has original factory photos and not
artists renderings), and various other pieces of original literature
from 1929 through 1932, and all of the literature showed the generator
pulley as being painted engine color as well. My 1932 Special
Sedan is totally all original (I am second owner) and untouched by human
hands, and when I checked the color of the generator pulley on the car,
it was Dark-Blue Gray! Also, I have rebuilt many, many 1929
through 1932 generators for fellows throughout the country, and I
always check the generator pulleys when I'm cleaning them in the solvent
tank and bead blaster. Most of the pulleys have been painted
before, but, occasionally I do get a pulley that still has the original
factory paint on it, and in every case the pulley was painted Dark-Blue
Gray! The gray generator pulley just doesn't sound logical, but
that's the way it has proven out over the years of checking!
Skippy |
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Compiled by Bill Barker with a
little help from Skip Geear and others. |