Engine bay paint questions

[Lisa P]

Regarding the painting of the engine bay in my '48 Kaiser Special, are the inner fenderwells a kind of satin black?  What about the radiator mount/shroud?  And, was the frame originally black?  Thanks again for your advice-maybe someday I'll get to see a restored one in person to help me visualize all this!

[Fid]

Here's some photos of a nice, body-off, '48 Frazer restoration. They should give a good guideline for the engine compartment.

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[Lisa P]

Thanks Fid, that's exactly what I needed to see!  That is a gorgeous restoration as well.  I won't be able to do a body-off as it is just me working on it, but I do want to do the best job I possibly can.  That being said, do you have a picture of the master cylinder/stop light switch area?  I had to replace all the brake lines and want to route them as close to factory as possible.  Thanks again!

[kndllmtt]

Don't mean to hijack but did Kaiser change engine paint color with the body redesign? Most Kaisers I have seen have a teal/greenish engine.

[joefrazer]

47-48 engines and all 49-50 engines with the 1bbl carb used grey paint for the engine (all one color, unlike the pictured car). The light green was used in 49-50 for the 2 bbl engines. Dark green hit in 51 and was used on all engines until the 54 Manhattans when they went to a maroon. I had a 54 late special that had a maroon engine...I think the early specials used the dark green. Transmissions were painted engine color.

[Jim B PEI]

What is the colour code/modern equivalent of the 47-49 (50) Kaisers with 1 bbl? Mine was painted something quite different, and eventually it will get redone. Any pictures of such a redone engine?