Anybody know the correct color of the hood hinges, springs and latch mechaanism for a 69 442. I was recently told it was grey phosphate but thought some input from you guys might confirm

 

As I recall, the hinges are a gray phosphate finish. I didn't have the $ to do that kind of finish on mine, though, so I bead-blasted them and painted them cast iron gray, which is a pretty close match.

The hinge spring is another story. Everyone I've ever seen in its natural state is so rusted I can't tell what color they were originally - I have the strong sense that they were just bare metal. What I did with mine was bead-blast them on a tool we made that keeps the spring spread out so I could blast everything. I then painted the springs a "stainless steel" color, put out by Seymour Paints.

Here are a couple of pictures of my passenger side hinge finished product.

The latch mechanism on my '69 is still in its natural state so I took a look at it. Depending upon which part of the latch mechanism you are talking about, it appears to be either GM chassis black or bare metal.

Randy C.

 

Thanks. P.S. Your hinges look great