Engine bay colour

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:37 am

Heres one for the trainspotters out there

Should the engine bay be painted in black or body colour on a T6 B??

I've seen pics of both

- may as well get it right.

My guess is body colour up to the lip where the the decklid sits - then black in bay area

Same question for bonnet area too

The truth is out there, if you know where to look

Steve

Vvoister · Post by **Vvoister** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:24 pm

My guess is body colour up to the lip where the the decklid sits - then black in bay area

I think you are right about this. This is indeed the case with my car (356 SC)

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:57 pm

Thanks for the reply - Anyone else???????????

Steve

rocket280 · Post by **rocket280** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:19 pm

My 62 has never been painted and that seems to have body colour all through the engine bay. So I would say body colour. Although it is hard to tell with my car as most of the paint on the engine shelf has all but gone and is now just rust and rot.

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:41 am

Rust and rot - seems like a common thread

Body colour would seem correct to me- at the factory - easier to paint engine bay body colour whilst painting the rest of the car

But black looks very common

Anyone else

Steve

louis356 · Post by **louis356** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:56 pm

My '62 is body colour but has the original sound proofing which is black stuck all over it (now peeling off) so this may make some pictures apear black??

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:09 pm

Doing some home work and thinking back it must be the body colour..

Because it was the easy way to do the work also my trunk area is the same colour as the car. But I only say I see what you mean when i see cars that have been resto'd and they are satin black....... go with the body colour it looks the best anyway..

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:52 pm

I'm thinking go body colour - by the time all the sound deadening is in it'll look black anyway

Rustbucket · Post by **Rustbucket** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:15 pm

mines def black, with tar sheeting on the inner walls and firewall...I recon body coloured engine bays could look a bit 80's cal-look?

louis356 · Post by **louis356** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:40 pm

Now my trunk / boot / front compartment is black tar underseal over black?

Vvoister · Post by **Vvoister** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:01 pm

I agree with the last two posts. But to be sure you could check the forlast issue of the 356 registry magazine. I believe there was a very complete article about an unrestored 356-B with lots of detail pictures.

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:36 pm

Looks like blacks got the upper hand at the moment

Anyone got the Registry article - I've only just joined - not got a mag yet

Weird to think the factory would have gone to the trouble of painting black -

Steve

Rustbucket · Post by **Rustbucket** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:50 am

same as- its black.
My paint under the bonnet is black too- and thats def never been touched.
my floor pan looks like it was blue at some point- but me thinks that was actually a metallic hammerite stuff, and not factory applied.
All the 356's I have seem have had black painted insides to the boot and bonnet, with black sound deadening.