White firewall, appropriate for early 60's build, or not?

I sat the 283 in the roadster temporarily after fitting the body, and the light grey 2K primer made me think that painting the firewall white would look OK. Early 60's is the look I'm going for, would have been done then?

That air cleaner is going away, I have a dual quad intake for it, before anybody tells me how awful it is...

 

I like Wimbledon White on the early firewalls. HRP

 

I plan on using that Chrysler Vanilla on my 1962 period correct '30 Roadster. Bob

 

I used the Chrysler Vanilla as the two tone color around the windows on the Ranch Wagon,it has a little more of a cream look than Wimbledon white. HRP

 

I ask because I have a pint of creamy white enamel.

 

Yep !

 

My firewall is a light tan to match wheels and grille.

 

Is it done yet?

 

What year of Chrysler

 

White fire wall with gauges set in ,always cool in my book.

 

antique white....

 

I think the color came out with the Magnum wagon, one of the very few new cars I wouldn't mind owning. Bob

 

I did kind of a creamy white on my '39.



I LOVE firewall mounted gauges on a white firewall. It is going to look bitchn. But, the HEI gots to go.....

-Abone.

 

Do it!


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Be my luck if I painted my firewall white, I'd have the biggest gusher of an oil leak right afterward and never get it clean again!

 

I used bright white on mine.

 

Wimbledon white on mine. Great minds think alike HRP.

 

The Chrysler color is called "cool vanilla"...got it on my '06, 300 and I love it!

 

yes, do it!

 

white would be awesome!
when i do the firewall on my 31 buick it will be the white i used on this '65 jeep. it is called "glacier white" and has a green/gray hue to it. goes well with black or red. the shade makes the other colors around it "blend" for some reason. maybe an artist could explain?

at the right you can see the difference between the bright white snow and on the left how it looks with red.

 

Contrasting firewalls on prewar cars is so good! Inappropriate for a lot of later cars IMO. Someone ( 3WL?) posted a long time ago that he cut the white paint with like, two drops of black. Cut the glare and made it pretty.
The '57 is white on the firewall only because body color was used on GM firewalls then. Not the era of this thread, though.

 

Who cares if it's right.. It would be cool, so do it...

 

That's pretty.

 

Vanilla.....

 

I honestly think the lighter colored firewall makes the engine stand out,this is my pal Dave's confused pickup just after the firewall was painted. HRP

 

I plan on Cool Vanilla on my 30 roadster firewall. I use it on my early wheels too.



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Not my cup of tea. Don't remember white firewalls being popular back in the day. I believe its a newer phenomena. BTW, who cares what color firewall your car has. If you like it white, paint it white.

Gary

 

Used Wimbledon white on the 41 truck. It has all parts from the early 60s.



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Gary,I think it gained in popularity with the '60 show car scene,there were not too many pre war cars in my area that were street driven and I only remember one 40 ford with no hood and a white firewall. HRP