by burdar » 26 Aug 2011 18:41
If you want the engine compartment to look more correct, here are a few things that need to be done....
First of all the 1970 master cylinder was a one year only unit. They are expensive if you can find them but the one you have will look fine. In 1970, the master cylinder and brake booster were assembled as a unit and were then painted black. So, the master and the lid should be black.
The power steering boxes should be painted black. The factory used cheap paint and it didn't stay black for very long. Manual boxes were left bare but the power boxes should be a slightly flatter black then the K-member.
The end of the steering column as well as the coupler were most often painted black. Some original cars have been found with unpainted ends but most were painted black.
Is that black plastic tubing hiding some aftermarket wiring? It might look better if you just left the wires exposed.
1970's also had the cowl blacked out. Some original cars have been found without the blackout but most cars(except the dark colored cars) had the cowl blacked out. Dave has a link in one of these sections to a Mopar Action article that shows the correct cowl blackout.
Finally, the tie rods, center link exc...were left bare metal from the factory...they weren't painted black.
Again, I'm not complaining or trying to put the car down. What you've done so far looks nice. Some people just care about originality more then others. Either way the car looks good. I've got some pictures of the battery cable strap on the shock stud but they are on another computer. I need to take some pics of my engine compartment anyway. I just installed that strap a couple days ago.