My First A - 1931 S/W Fordor

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Originally Posted by Banditorama

What makes you think that the paint job is original?

Based off the green door jambs, I'd say it was probably originally green

You know what, I think you're on to something. I noticed some black on the cowl band, however despite all this, the apple green pinstriping is present. That got me thinking, the door jambs I think would have been painted the lower body color, right? So if the pinstriping is present on the hood, the cowl, and the upper body, the only possible explanation is that someone carefully painted the green black, but left any black unpainted. This means the stripe on the hood is original, because that raised band with the stripe would have been black. The upper body is black with striping because it was black, and wasn't painted. The lower body was painted over. I'll have to look closer now. So it's a partial repaint.

I think that green is Brewster green? So the car would have been black upper body, brewster green lower body and jambs, green cowl and hood with black raised areas, apple green pinstripes.