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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1969 Mustang => Topic started by: sah62 on November 15, 2012, 09:04:28 AM
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I have a used 1969 C6 inspection plate/cover that's currently painted black. Was this part originally painted or unpainted? Unpainted, natural steel would make more sense to me even if that means it's more prone to rust.
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Checked and I've not no good pictures of the item but thought they were semi-gloss black like the small block/C4 ones
Have a couple of restored car pictures with them black. Will be interesting to see what other's experiences are
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I vote for natural bare steel
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I've had a bare one before, too.
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Found two bare ones in one of my boxes
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Sounds like consensus - thanks, everybody!
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scott I have a nos service c6 plate & its black & being replacement part (not rusting on dealer shelf) that is why it got painted. I have seen Dearborn cars with the plate bare steel like the 4-speed plates. But I see a lot of them at swap meets black & wonder if some other assembly plant painted them or seller just painted them?
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They can be found painted black in the junkyards.
I have pulled many black painted ones from 'other Fords'.
Casting number of C6AP-7986-A stamped on them.
In the wilds, the FE manual transmission inspection covers, are nearly all painted Ford engine blue. AFAIK they were natural on Mustangs?