Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

    

  

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Bird55, how thick is your carb spacer? Even with a 3/8" composition spacer, my 55 Tbird hood would not close with an oval air cleaner/w 2" element. However, my air cleaner is longer. For that reason, I'll probably settle on using my Summit 14" round air cleaner/w drop base, which has a 3" element and clears the hood, even with a 1/2" carb spacer. My polished, cast-aluminum Billet Industries oval air cleaner looks like jewelry, but I have to choose function over form. It will clear the hood, using thin, paper gaskets, but I would like to insulate the carb from the intake. 

OK -right side up.



54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

The "Thunderbird Red" from Hirsch comes in spray cans and quarts, which is good for touch ups.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

IMHO, one shouldn't really go by the color of the cap on a spray can. The best you can do is spray out some test samples on a piece of primed steel.
I have almost always used Duplicolor FORD Red. It seems to be consistent, sprays well and I think you may be able to get it in pint or quart sizes if you want to use it in a spray rig. I also recommend a light coat of primer, a dark red oxide if you can get it. I have also experimented with the first coating in silver OR gold duplicolor which can give a subtle glow to the finish, it’s debatable though, but worth a try. Afterward, I finish with duplicolor clear. My last go-around has lasted pretty well. Here’s a photo from 2008, 14 yrs ago when reinstalling my engine, and 2 photos I shot just now. Looks like I need to do some touch-up and cleaning! Obviously has faded some but overall has held up pretty well. No show car, just a driver.

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Going by the photos, the Aervoe 550 Ford Red looks the reddest; hopefully won't fade to orange as quickly as the others, but I'm not familiar with the brand.

Lighting, camera quality and the display you view the images on will all affect the color, in addition to your own eyes.  If you have an idea in your mind of what it should look like, get a can of all recommended, spray them on some scrap metal or wood and choose the one you like the most.

I would expect any paint to fade or discolor with time.


Lawrenceville, GA

Paul, would you be good enough to fix my last posted picture again? One day I may learn to do this.         As you can see, the flash made quite a difference.  My garage is luminated by led fixtures providing all the light for the first photo and that may not be very close to daylight or natural light??  

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I'll try posting one more picture only this time using the flash feature on my cell phone. It does make a difference. We may be getting into differences of cameras, lighting, computers and all that. The paint on my engine looks fairly close to the cap on the spray can from years ago yet the cap on Ted's paint can and engine looks more red.
 
Picture rotated 90° by Ted.

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