'51 Henry J Starter Color

[TomsHenryJ]

Working on the body of our Henry J and restoring the rest of the engine accessories in parallel.  Rebuilding the starter (pretty rusty) and we can see remnants of black and of engine green paint on it.  Most of the green seems to be on the snout.  Not sure if the snout was green and the starter itself black, both black, or both green.  What is the collected wisdom of the group?
thanks in advance
Dave and Tom

[AZ_HJ]

My best educated opion is that the 1951 Henry J Auto-lite Starter is all Black.

[joefrazer]

Yes, the starter is black. The generator is too. Most restorers paint them a nice, glossy black for show, but the original was sort of a semi gloss.