Correct part finish

[Keith Tedford]

Except for the firewall, I think that I would be pretty safe in saying that all the black parts were dipped. Until the mid '80s we had a paint line in the Oshawa truck plant just for small parts that went through a cleaner tank then a black paint dip tank. After that parts came into the plant already painted. We also had a paint line for the coloured rims as well. A few years ago I bought a new GM steering centre link for the Chevelle and it was a semi-gloss black. I see cars restored with the natural metal look. I don't know which way the cars came from the factory. Corvette guys have actually figured out which holes the parts were hanging from when dipped so that the runs are going in the right direction.