Engine Bay Paint Color

[Daniel L]

Hey guys, I own a 1947 plymouth P15 and was wondering what I paint the inside of the engine bay. I believe the side panels within the engine bay should be black, but what about the body that is under the hood?

 

Thanks

[greg g]

The fire wall is usually body color. The under hood can be body color or Chrysler universal grey., Kinda of a semi gloss battleship grey.  If your car is original, the trunklids reinforcement stamping is probably the grey I'm speaking of.

[Daniel L]

On 8/1/2019 at 11:12 PM, greg g said:

The fire wall is usually body color. The under hood can be body color or Chrysler universal grey., Kinda of a semi gloss battleship grey.  If your car is original, the trunklids reinforcement stamping is probably the grey I'm speaking of.

Okay, thanks!

[BobT-47P15]

Greg is right.  I painted the firewall and underside of the hood body color as well as the underside of the trunk lid.   

[Plymouthy Adams]

the underbody color is called eco-sheen and it is different from year to year and assembly plant to assembly plant as the formula is not known well at least not that I have ever seen.   Most of my cars were greenish black in hue