What color should the heat shroud be ?

What color should the heat shroud be ?

black

thanks,

I was confused because I have seen some that were silver cad.

anyone else seen silver cad ?

Taximan, the Ram Air 3 shrouds that all the vendors sell are black...The Ram Air 4 shrouds that all the vendors sell are silver cad. I
would assume that these are the correct finishes
for these parts. If your shroud is not black,
I would just order a new one....they are 95.00 plus shipping.

My 1969 ram air III was silver cad.
Joe

I am going to assume for POCI judging that the black shield I have on my R.A. III is correct.

Sounds like I could see both finishes.

they are all black I have both ram air III and IV survivor cars and they are black. I think the diff on repos are made by different outfits.

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I am looking at the PY RA III heat shroud for my 1970 Trans Am (previous owner put on headers and tossed RA manifolds). I see that for the IV motor, there are two pieces. Is there only a single piece for the III motor?

Yes, one on the drivers side.
That is assuming that TAs and GTOs are the same.

My 1971 HO is silver cad. and my 1974 SD is silver cad. also.
Joe

I just bought a 69-70 Ram Air 3 shroud from OPG (part no. G201173) and it is silver cad too.

I recently bought a RAIII shroud for my 1970 Judge from PerformanceYears, it is silver cad. too.

Have had several original '69-70 RAIII A-body exhaust shrouds, & all were black, as is the exhaust shroud for the longbranchs on my '69 428HO GP.

Unfortunately, have never worked on a '70 RAIV car that still had it's original exhaust shroud so am no help there, but two of the originals off my '71-72 HO cars are originals, washed out clear cad, & are same shroud as used on the '70 RAIV.

My RAlll exhaust shroud from Ames was silver, but most of the pics of show beauties I saw were black, so I powdercoated mine underhood black. My problem is that I've got the wrong head bolts (ARP) that don't have the long stud!
I'll have to see if I can purchase them with the long stud.

they come raw finish & should be painted flat black

Does anyone know what brand of paint to put on this shroud, so it will look right (color and gloss level) and survive the exhaust heat? Any recommendations would be appreciated.

I hate to beat a dead horse.... but, i just had this extended conversation today with a 31 year local Pontiac mechanic who is in our GTO club regarding 69 heat shields. He insists, very strongly that both RA III & RA IV heat shields came silver cad.

Does anyone know anyone I can contact that would have this answer ?? I don't want to lose judging points for something this stupid.

I purchased an NOS RA III preheater shroud years ago and it was silver cad.

Mike

Will put my trust in original parts on low mile documented original cars. Esp take off pieces that were removed many years ago & saved.

NOS (service replacement) pieces can often have other than stock plating/appearance. Been through this before with other parts such as early GTO hood hinges.