1936 Grille and Windshield Paint

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TLOHM

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Most of the windshield frames I see at car shows are chromed. I assume this was not the standard practice during manufacture. The windshield on my 1936 Pickup was apparently not chromed. Were these frames painted the same color as the vehicle body?

Similarly, what color was typically used to paint the grille bars? Black? Body color? or some contrasting color?

Thanks
 
Deuce lover is correct, but I painted my grill bars black as well as the small areas of the grill sides at the bottom of the grill to sort of tie the grill and fenders together. The fenders were normally body color as well, but I liked mine black. I am usually a "strictly stock" guy, but what the hey. I think it looks better.
 
I have had a considerable amount of experience with '35-39 Ford & GM pickups. As a general rule fenders were painted body color, in later years a trend has been to paint the fenders black, a common practice was to paint the grille bars and windshield black, however chrome was very common on DeLux versions of the trucks.
My brother had a very original '36 pickup in the early '60's. Washington Blue with blue on the hubcap centers and a blue windshield frame.
The very original '36 windshield frame I got from Lawson Cox several years ago was painted a body color. I painted it satin black before I installed it on the '36 truck I was working on.
 
My 36 standard sedan was painted with body color on the windshield frame and the grill bars were painted black. I read somewhere that the black on the grill for "early" 36 standards was the way they came off the assembly line. I wonder if this was true for the 36 standard pickups, as well. terry
 
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