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Old 01-30-2019, 06:33 PM   #1
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Default 48-52 truck driveshaft color

Working on restoring a couple of first generation f series trucks. Does anyone know if the driveshaft was left natural finish steel or painted black? I haven't seen a lot of literature on these concerning assembly line processes like we have for the car line up. Things like which chassis parts were pre painted, which were natural finish, which were oxide finish, what was zinc plated and/or if there was a "chassis touch up" where things got resquirted with black enamel prior to decking the cab.

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Old 01-31-2019, 07:21 PM   #2
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Default Re: 48-52 truck driveshaft color

Looking in the V8 club book for the 49-51 passenger cars it notes that rear axles were black, front suspension components were a mix of pre painted black and black oxide finished components and that driveshafts were raw steel. Being that F1s at least, and perhaps some other larger sizes of commercial vehicles, were produced on the same assembly lines, it seems logical that similar steps, procedures, and finishes would be used between cars and trucks.

That said, contemporary factory photos and color photo based advertisements appear to show the drive shafts (at least on F5 and larger trucks) as being black, leaf springs being oil finish, shackles/pins being raw finish, and grease zerks being cad plated.

Does anyone know for sure?
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Old 01-31-2019, 09:25 PM   #3
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Check with chuck mantiglia of chucks trucks. He has restored Dearborn winning bonus built pickups. You would be getting accurate information from him.
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