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1952 Valve Covers


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Guest Garagequeen

I am working on restoring a 1952 DeSoto Sportsman with the hemi V8. I want to paint the valve covers but I have seen different paint schemes. Some advertisements show red but also have seen supposedly original cars that have silver ones. Can anyone tell me what the original color of these covers was?

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Guest Bob Call

Valve covers for the Chrysler Corporation first generation hemis were silver with a few exceptions. Red was used on the Dodge Red Ram hemi and some truck Power Giant hemis. Even industrial and marine engines had silver covers with black plug wire covers.

Your Desoto should have silver covers with the plug wire covers black, The lettering on the plug wire covers, Firedome, was usually silver.

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