69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors

Posted By: 69rrgrabber

69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 08/24/14 07:31 AM

Hello Folks,

About to do some plating but not sure on the factory finishes as they were already blasted bare metal when I bought the car. This is a 69 Road Runner and I'm hoping to find the correct finishes for the:

Hood latch:
Hood striker:
Hood release lever:

Trunk latch:
Trunk striker:

My research has not revealed much as I have access to no original cars.

Thanks,
Carl

Posted By: ACR2000

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 08/24/14 03:40 PM

Hi Carl, finish on the hood hook and catch/release should be brown zinc. Hood striker are black phosphate and then are painted the color of the car. Pop up spring are also black phosphate.
The trunk realated mechanism are all clear zinc finish. I think the trunk striker might have been in some case also painted the color of the car.

Join is a set I restored for a E Body.

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Posted By: ACR2000

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 08/24/14 03:45 PM

Here's another pic comparing NOS vs my restored brown zinc finishes.

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Posted By: 69hemibeep

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 08/24/14 04:57 PM

I'm not sure about the other plants but Lynch Rd the trunk striker got painted

Posted By: MOPARMIKE69

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 08/24/14 09:25 PM

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I'm not sure about the other plants but Lynch Rd the trunk striker got painted

I agree. On Plymouth both the trunk and hood strikers were painted body color.

Posted By: 69rrgrabber

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 08/25/14 12:04 AM

Holy smoke, those pictures are great, thanks so much! I like the idea of zinc plating the strikers and then paining, that way they wont rust as the paint wears from the striker.

The only thing I am still not sure about is the hood release lever that unlocks the hood latch, its different then the big hook that attaches to the hood, should it be zinc or brown?

THanks,
Carl

Posted By: ACR2000

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 08/25/14 12:29 AM

Quote:

Holy smoke, those pictures are great, thanks so much! I like the idea of zinc plating the strikers and then paining, that way they wont rust as the paint wears from the striker.

The only thing I am still not sure about is the hood release lever that unlocks the hood latch, its different then the big hook that attaches to the hood, should it be zinc or brown?

THanks,
Carl

Brown also
This one is for a E Body

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Posted By: FC7cuda

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 10/13/15 08:29 PM

Are the bolts that hold the release lever and the safety lever brown zinc also or black phosphate?

Tom

Posted By: ACR2000

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 10/14/15 12:07 AM

Hi Tom,
Bolts are black phosphate

Stephan

Posted By: Barrelhouse

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 10/14/15 04:04 PM

My 72 Demon complete hood latch set up was restored by Stephan his work is top notch if you want perfection get him do do it.

Posted By: Morty426

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 10/14/15 09:28 PM

The trunk latch needs to be disassembled to be plated properly. Otherwise the part that the key rod goes through could get destroyed in the process

Posted By: ACR2000

Re: 69 Road Runnner Correct Hood and Trunk Latch Colors - 10/15/15 03:17 AM

Originally Posted By Morty426

The trunk latch needs to be disassembled to be plated properly. Otherwise the part that the key rod goes through could get destroyed in the process

Exactly... And the spring needs to be black

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