frame paint

[glenn in camino]

Why is the frame paint semi gloss when other chassis parts are dipped gloss? Was it a different kind of paint, or the method of application?

 

[Marco Tahtaras]

Why is the frame paint semi gloss when other chassis parts are dipped gloss? Was it a different kind of paint, or the method of application?

Much of this is covered in the MAFCA paint and finish guide. If you read through it it's not difficult to understand the logic and practicality behind the different products and methods. For example some things were well suited for submerging in a vat of alkyd enamel. Would that be suitable for a completely assembled rear axle assembly?

 

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Much of this is covered in the MAFCA paint and finish guide. If you read through it it's not difficult to understand the logic and practicality behind the different products and methods. For example some things were well suited for submerging in a vat of alkyd enamel. Would that be suitable for a completely assembled rear axle assembly?

Yes, ...maybe. While I understand your logic and the point you are trying to make, there is documentation that Henry owned the patent on a machine that did this, and Ford manufactured the fully-automated machines too. He dipped his assembled rear axle on Model-Ts thru end of production in 1927. There is pictures of this process is the late Bruce McCalley's 'The Car that changed the World' book.

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