factory paint jobs

trake · Post by **trake** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:40 pm

Not all 170s came from the factory bare metal and trim paint. The may 1950 AIR FACTS magazine has a picture of a 170a with an over-all paint job [no bare metal]. The accompanying article reads in part...the painted jobs are quieter simply from the damping effect on the flat areas of the fuselage'. I have a bunch of old AIR FACTS from the late 40s and early 50s. Lots of neat old 170 ads-all of them in black and white.

Post by **GAHorn** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:44 pm

Did the Air Facts mag specifically declare the overall paint to be factory applied? Cessna specifications were that no aircraft left the factory fully painted except for a few aircraft ordered by commercial customers with custom paint schemes. (Humble Oil so ordered some airplanes. Even, so, they were not painted all-over....the ordered scheme was a custom trim-over-bare alum scheme.)

trake · Post by **trake** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:45 pm

The article didn't specifically mention that the overall paint job was factory applied, however the article was all about the 'new' 1950 c170. The writer [Leighton Collins?] flew it and then in the article listed the improvements. The lack of a specific reference may indicate that it had been available during prior model years. The background in the picture shows the factory?