1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
2P Red and 1C Black
Stock never goes out of style
MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
Proverbs 3:5-6
My Mustang Story
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Satin black from what I’ve seen.
If they take my stapler, then I'll set the building on fire...
85 Mustang GT
1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
2P Red and 1C Black
Stock never goes out of style
MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
Proverbs 3:5-6
My Mustang Story
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...71#post1688371
Thomas
1985 Mustang GT - Build Thread
347 (Stock Block, Scat Crank & Rods, Probe Pistons, 11:1 CR, AFR 185's, PP Crosswind Intake, Custom-ground Comp Hyd Roller Cam, Scorpion 1.6 Roller Rockers, Holley 3310-4), T-5, 8.8 w/3.55's, MM SFC's, T/A, PHB, LCA's, Strut Tower Brace, K-Member Brace, Bilstein HD Struts/Shocks, MM/H&R Springs, SN95 5-Lug, Cobra Brakes, '04 Mach 1 Steering Rack
My father swapped engines to blue printed 306 with around 360 HP. He wanted to keep the HEI distributor. Stock air cleaner no longer fit.
Found a 1985 cfi thunderbird air cleaner and base...swapped on the stock 85 mustang snorkles and a 1/4 air cleaner spacer things just fit...Needed to fab up the new cross over for the strut bar but it was all worth it to keep things looking semi stock like.
I stripped sand blasted everything and powdercoated the base and snorkles with high gloss jet black powder and did the lid in chrome powder.
I think originally it was more of a semigloss but this high gloss black sure looks nice.
-David
The Brown Blob
On the 1982 is was a black crinkle finished...well at least on my GLX and my Friends GT.
Kenny
I use Eastwood’s Chassis Black.
Fox Body/3rd Gen MCA Gold Card Judge
84 SVO 24K miles, 85 Mclaren Capri Vert. 84 GT Turbo Vert.
88 Mclaren Mustang Vert 20K miles, 89 Mustang LX Sport Vert,
03 Mach 1 7900 miles, 74 Mustang II, 69 Mustang, 67 Mustang, 07 GT500,
14 Mustang CS/GT, 15 F150 FTX Tuscany, 16 F250 Crewcab, 67 Tbird 47K miles
SEM makes some good rattle can stuff. With lots of colors and gloss levels.
Mike
Now stang-less.
88 Cougar 5.0
I can take some pics of a couple of 1985 E5ZZ... nos air cleaners bases I have if you want ? I believe a they are satin or semi gloss
Don’t paint powder coat.
1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
2P Red and 1C Black
Stock never goes out of style
MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
Proverbs 3:5-6
My Mustang Story
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...71#post1688371
At the factory, our QC used Rustoleum high heat BBQ black spray to touch up any scratches in black parts of Cadillac chromed exhaust tips and any other black areas on the rear of exhaust assys. Not unusual some got scratched later in production process after removal from their clear plastic bags.
Touch up was done during final inspection of full exhaust assys hung in their shipping racks before being sent to the GM Lansing plant.
Saying there are times when no special paint is used on new auto parts. May or may not have to pass salt testing.
Last edited by gr79; 12-12-2020 at 10:10 PM.
My 85 LTD LX engine bay pic taken 1987 or 1988. Sure miss that car.
Air cleaner assy paint was pretty clean and unretouched, being only 2-3 years old.
Not gloss black or flat for sure. May not even be semi-gloss.
Prob most gloss black versions seen were resprayed with satin.
Last edited by gr79; 12-12-2020 at 10:13 PM.
1979 Mustang Cobra 5.0
2P Red and 1C Black
Stock never goes out of style
MCA #70281 - 79-93 MCA Concours Judge
Proverbs 3:5-6
My Mustang Story
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...71#post1688371
My late 84 GT vert is satin blk and I have a cleaner from a 83 late both are satin
Thanks for posting about this. Gives me ideas on how to restore my dual snorkel
We used to use Krylon 1613 semi-flat black for chassis parts after going around and trying all of the semi-glosses (usually too glossy) and the satins (usually too flat). The semi-flat was the perfect gloss level. They changed the formula about 13 years ago, but you could still get the original stuff through industrial distributors, but it looks like that is gone now too. I have not tried the reformulated 1613, but that is what I would use for that air cleaner housing.
There are other chassis black paints also available, but I have not tried them. I believe Eastwood sells some.
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