gundog99 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I am restoring my spare manifold to fit on my Senior later in the year. Would it have been originally enamelled, painted, not treated and what was the original colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 If it was done simply and to minimize cost, as the Dodge 8 was, it would be engine colour. The engine was painted with the manifolds in place, exhaust included. The exhaust manifold paint burnt off very soon, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 If it was done simply and to minimize cost, as the Dodge 8 was, it would be engine colour. The engine was painted with the manifolds in place, exhaust included. The exhaust manifold paint burnt off very soon, of course.I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundog99 Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 My Senior was manufactured in 1927. where Dodge brothers engines painted the same way as Chrysler Dodge's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) Most, if not all mass-producing engine plants painted the engines as stated above with the manifolds on. It would have been labor intensive to add the manifolds later. Edited February 8, 2016 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Lawson Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I know that it's probably not right but I sand blasted the one off my engine and then painted it with high temp paint the same color as new cast iron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I know that it's probably not right but I sand blasted the one off my engine and then painted it with high temp paint the same color as new cast iron I would do the same thing. I usually use Eastwood gray manifold paint and then cure in the oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundog99 Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Thank you everyone for your input. Your comments have conformed what I was thinking of using , "cast iron " or grey colour manifold paint, (There is a bit of paint on the fuel ports which might be silver or grey.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWPerry Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 When I got my 2249 the manifold had remnants of black paint on it which I think was put on by the second owner who started to restore it and then quit on it.. I sandblasted it and used cast iron paint on it. It looks good but I don't know what it started out looking like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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