SECTION 1 - Engine Compartment
Firewall Matches Accent Color - Los Angeles Cars
Firewall Matches Body Color - South Bend Cars
Firewall on a South Bend built car
matches the body color
Firewall on a Los Angeles built car matches the inner
fender aprons (Accent Color)
Fender Aprons and Firewall
The fender aprons should be painted the same color as the upper portion of the fenders. This
would be the accent color on two tone models.
The firewall should be painted the same color as the lower portion of the lower body (body color)
on cars produced in South Bend. Cars assembled in Los Angeles seem to have the firewall
painted to match the inner fender aprons, or accent color on two tone models.
No one has offered a satisfactory explanation for the variation in firewall colors between the two
production facilities. The anomaly seems to be consistent through the entire model run.
Reference Source:
Survey results.
Science and Mechanics dated April 1956, page 74.
Last Update - July 2, 2018
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