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1970 4 speed tranny colour

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:54 pm
by fireguyfire
Cleaned off the inch of oily dirt on my 1970 4 speed manual transmission tonight. The cover is cast aluminum and unpainted, but I was surprised when I cleaned the cast body and found orange paint.
Were these transmissions painted orange at the factory? This d100 has been a farm truck its whole life so I doubt a farmer would pull it out and paint it.

Re: 1970 4 speed tranny colour

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:26 am
by fireguyfire
The inside of the gear box is painted the same orange colour .

Re: 1970 4 speed tranny colour

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:39 pm
by Hobcobble
It might be faded Chrysler Industrial Red... ? :thinking
John

Re: 1970 4 speed tranny colour

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:14 pm
by dodgeboykim
fireguyfire wrote:The inside of the gear box is painted the same orange colour .

Trans may have been worked on during its life and coated in Glyptal. http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=& ... teta_HQkw7