C1 Exhaust system paint - Again!

[Florian W.]

I've read N.Adams, the Judging Guides and the archives on the topic of exhaust system paint, and I still have some questions before I install the exhaust on my '60 Fuelie:

If the paint was sprayed on just before the body drop, shouldn't I be painting just the top and sides of the pipes, clamps and mufflers? Many seem to also paint the bottoms of these parts and not get dinged for this during judging.

I thought that the rear pipe extentions(tailpipes) were not installed until after the body drop on a '60, so shouldn't they be completly unpainted?

It would have been impossible to paint the head pipes all the way to the exhaust manifolds, so where should the black paint start?

Why does the '58 to '60 Judging guide say that black preservative paint was applied at the manufactuing source for the exhaust parts? I've never run accross anyone suggesting that the parts were painted prior to assembly.

Thanks,
Lee

[John H.]

Re: C1 Exhaust system paint - Again!

Why does the '58 to '60 Judging guide say that black preservative paint was applied at the manufactuing source for the exhaust parts? I've never run accross anyone suggesting that the parts were painted prior to assembly.

Thanks,
Lee

Lee -

Dunno why the JG says that - the only paint on the exhaust system was applied in the Chassis Blackout booth at the end of the Chassis Line just prior to Body Drop; the only material on the pipes as received at St. Louis was oily draw compound from the pipe-bending dies at the pipe supplier.

[Rob M.]

Re: C1 Exhaust system paint - Again!

Have a look at: http://www.c1registry.com/index.php?...11&supersized=

Click the picture for more detail...

Document made in 1962 of a dismantled 1961 Vette right after delivery to allow these cars on the UK roads... Many interesting details and stories in the documents (also available as pdf via: http://www.c1registry.com/downloads/...e_Analysis.pdf).

greetings,
Rob