My first two mavericks had the black rear taillight area and i always thought the color was flat black but someone on the board a few weeks ago said something about it being satin black. Can someone please give me the right color before i paint my car? thanx ray P.S I'm still looking for a grabber hood. I really am going to hate having it painted with a regular maverick hood on it.
I will soon be running into the same predicament. The key is that whatever you use must be GASOLINE resistant since it is tough to put gas in the tank without it running down this panel. I used the Black Bumper paint on a set of chrome tail light housings and it was almost identical to some NOS black Grabber tail light housings I have. I will be testing it's resistance to gasoline and chipping to see if it will work on the back panel. The actual paint used to black out Fords like Grabbers, Bosses and Machs has apparantly been discontinued by all of the aftermarket paint companies that used to produce it. Dan
My '70 Grabber was flat black, but later years I've seen were satin. Don't know when the change took place or maybe it depends on which plant built the car or whatever they had on hand.
The problem with flat paint is it is very porous. Thus it is hard to keep the color uniform. Cleaners and dirt will affect it. Satin is much easier to keep clean. One reason I dont care for blacked out stuff.
Best advice I have is to use a flattening agent in a gloss black acrylic enamel. However it is not impervious to gasoline. With lacquer paint not being available ( you have to buff or polish lacquer paint to make it shine) the absolute best thing you could do to the tailight panel is to use base/clear and use a flattening agent in the clear. The clearcoat is impervious to gasoline and you will not have to worry about spills or worse yet ( has happened to me) full tank on very hot day with unvented tank leads to fuel expansion and out the filler neck and takes off the paint. While I am at it, if you ever want to paint a carburetor, like on a lawn mower etc. ( I have a model A and they have painted carbs) use rattle can lacquer paint, it stays on even if you spill or leak gas on it. Dan
