1966 Plymouth Satellite Rear bumper brackets, painted or just anodized finish factory ?

[SatelliteOfLove]

1966 Plymouth Satellite Rear bumper brackets, painted or anodized finish from factory?

 

[AR67GTX]

Pretty sure they can’t anodize steel. Always painted as far as I can determine on my cars.

 

[YY1]

Do you mean galvanized?

Pretty sure the ones on my 67's are/were painted black.

 

[Cranky]

Mine look like they had some paint......black but there wasn't much on them lol

 

[Dave6T4]

My '67 Coronet brackets were painted black.

 

[topside]

Painted black, and I believe actually dipped, like a lot of other parts.

 

[AR67GTX]

Do you mean galvanized?

Pretty sure the ones on my 67's are/were painted black.

Yeah, I bet he meant galvanized. But they didn’t use much (if any) galvanized steel back in the mid-60s

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Hello everyone.
Took mine down to local sand blaster shop, sandblasted them clean.
They are definitely anodized, almost gold in color.
So pretty. I kind of want to get them re-anodized.
To make sure they are completely covered.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Picture doesn't really show the color, but definitely an anodizing sanding off the sand blasting residue has revealed it. But finish is now compromised by sanding.

Or maybe just a reflection off another surface. Factory builds did some wonderful things back in the day.

 

[Cranky]

Picture doesn't really show the color, but definitely an anodizing sanding off the sand blasting residue has revealed it. But finish is now compromised by sanding.

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Like mentioned before.....can't anodize steel. It can be plated though and it's possible that someone before you got the car did that?

 

[Lefty71]

To me, it looks like plain steel in your pic..... it looks like it was sandblasted clean, and then wire brushed (or wirewheeled). You could now treat and coat with Clear POR-15 and it will look like that and glossy indefinitely if not in direct sun for extended amount of time.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Thank you regarding the anodizing.
Terminology of an amateur.
ElectroPlating.

Electroplating and powder coating shops for small automotive builds are getting few and far between.

Yes did use a wire wheel on deeper pitted areas, then hand sanded.

Prepped ready for primer and paint now, as most responses here have stated black paint.

 

[Lefty71]

Prepped ready for primer and paint now, as most responses here have stated black paint.

Obviously going to be the most popular and maybe safest approach. I wonder if anyone knows for sure tho; how did they leave the factory??? Just curious, don't mean to hijack.

 

[dadsbee]

A couple shots I have stored of mine. You can see the front bumper brackets. As it came off the assembly line, never removed. Dipped black and spattered in undercoating. Let me see if I can find some of the back, but I'd imagine the same...

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Dipping in black paint is out for me .
I will be priming and spray bombing,
installing a bit of undercoating, no problem.