fender colours

[canadian]

Did fenders on Model A cars come from factory any other colour other than black dipped ? or just a standard across the board .. Black .

[tbirdtbird]

I was told by an old timer that they were always black

and how they dipped stuff and did not get runs I will never know.......

[Mickey]

I often wondered about the lack of runs. How did they do that???

[Jim Mason]

There are runs on the underside. ask again in the spring I'll take a picture of the nos fenders I have

[canadian]

Jim you have NOS fenders !!! would love to just see them , just restored 89 year old fenders quite the undertaking .

[Jim Mason]

IMO many nos fenders were 2nd's or needed work to get a proper fit. that's why they are still around. much less work,but still work .

[Steve Plucker]

95% of the time they were Black...But then you have the Australian production and that is a different story all in it's own!

Pluck

[Steve Plucker]

I was told by an old timer that they were always black

and how they dipped stuff and did not get runs I will never know.......

Once the fenders were dipped, they were then taken out and immeditly they went through a drying process through heaters which dried them to the finish they were. Not sure of the heat units used.

[Mike V. Florida]

95% of the time they were Black...But then you have the Australian production and that is a different story all in it's own!

Pluck

[H. L. Chauvin]

Hi Mr. Mike V.

Thanks for photo.

Like the brown fenders; and, maybe just a photo print difference, but I'm not about to ask what color were these tires ...... LOL

[canadian]

so was the black extremely shiny or a little flat original ? example I have a Jeep that the paint is called Brilliant Black, its stunning while I have a Toyota that is black , almost satin black. what does most guys do with todays paint types for the black ?

[Kevin in NJ]

Just special order commercial got something other then black.

Fenders did not have drips on the main surface because of the way the dip tanks were set up. It was a long pool of heated water with a layer of paint on top. The fenders would go through the paint and into the water. The paint would get a first coat and the linear movement through the water would level out the paint. Then up through the black paint for a second coat. The inside would see drips because it was turbulent while the outside was less likely cause it was convex.

People have tried to do the dipping in a large can, but the lack of linear movement allowed for drips.

At least that was what I was told about the process by people with way more knowledge than me.

[Jim Mason]

so was the black extremely shiny or a little flat original ? example I have a Jeep that the paint is called Brilliant Black, its stunning while I have a Toyota that is black , almost satin black. what does most guys do with todays paint types for the black ?

Note that is the underside of the fenders on the right. you can see some of the others parts thar were also dipped.

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[SeaSlugs]

Just special order commercial got something other then black.

yup - or they got painted by the specialty coach builders (fire trucks, ambulances etc)

[Mark Maron]

I have 4 NOS fenders on our roadster and the drips were the best part, I was able to preserve them on the NOS drumming boards when we re-painted them and they turned out great!!...

[Mark Maron]

The beauty of the drip!!

[Mitch]

No drips on my car, screw that

[SeaSlugs]

oooh. this is also how you can tell original horn covers as well. Inside there is usually a run or two and a big open bare spot where a bubble of air got trapped during the dipping process.