Ford V8 Engine Color? Ford Gearbox Color?

[John Stokes]

Hi All,
I am hoping someone can help me with the colour of the Engine,Gearbox and Transfer.ASlso what were the colour of the tail shafts? Thank You.C15A Chev

[Tony Smith]

Someone could probably help you better if you were specific about the vehicle and year, and the country of service.

This topic has come up before, and a search finds This info for Chevs, and this for Fords.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Someone could probably help you better if you were specific about the vehicle and year, and the country of service.

This topic has come up before, and a search finds This info for Chevs, and this for Fords.

John has a former C15A Wireless Signals (Aust) as well as a 3-tonner.

So they are Holden assembled 1942 or 43 year. I've seen engines either black, grey or vehicle colour. The transfer case and driveshafts were khaki like the rest of the truck - if you're depicting post-war then you might consider gloss deep bronze green as an overall colour too.

[Jim Price]

All:
I picked the Ford engine green color associated with engines made during 1940 for commercial vehicles assuming that early on Ford would have used them on F8's.

As for the transmission, I used black engine paint because that's all I had and I intend on changing it out anyway. The new one will use the same Ford engine green as that was on the original tranny that came with the truck. Yep! After cleaning off all the gunk, there was that green paint!

As for the drive shaft and differential, they'll both be the same color as the truck itself.

Regards,
Jim