Brake / clutch pedal color

[bkahler]

When I got my truck many years ago it appeared that the brake and clutch pedals were painted silver. So when I was painting various parts I painted the two pedals silver. However in browsing through Don Bunn's book Dodge B-Series Trucks he indicates that the clutch and brake pedals were painted black at the factory.

Needless to say this has me a little confused.

Anyone else have silver clutch and brake pedals?

Thanks,

Brad

[oldmopar]

As far as I know they were black my 49 has them black and I am the 2nd owner it came from a old farm. I would guess some previous owner just painted them silver but that is better the letting them rust.

[norrism1]

1951,

My 1951 B3B had black petals also. The 2 parts trucks I had also had the black pedals. Oldmopar is correct, they just wanted to clean the look up on the pedals.

[Merle Coggins]

When I cleaned mine up before painting, I saw remnents of silver paint down near the pivots, and it looked like they may have been black up on the "in cab" parts. I just painted them all silver with the rest of the bell housing and etc. I may paint the upper portions black later on.

Merle

[bkahler]

Black certainly seems to be the predominate color used. Since mine aren't installed yet I'll go yet I'll go ahead and paint them black.

Thanks for all the responses!

Brad

[Jocko_51_B3B]

I saw some remnant of silver paint on my pedals too and so I painted them silver, but now I think that black is the correct factory color so I'll repaint them. Could it be that the guy at the Dodge factory with the silver paint gun got a little careless and shot some silver onto the pedals while painting the engine block? Just a theory.

[JBNeal]

There are a few photos around that show flatheads and transmissions with pedals all bolted together, painted aluminum from the factory...they might even be in Bunn's books

[jmooner3]

 

Mine appeared to have been black but both trucks were more bare metal than paint by the time I got them, I'll hit them with POR black.

[Jocko_51_B3B]

 

JBNeal,

Reg Evans posted this picture on a different thread so who knows, maybe some pedals were painted silver even though Bunn's book lists them as black. I guess it's owner preference at this point.