Although I don't think it matters, auto or manual? Monaro, or GTS?

As far as I am aware both are black, although originally possibly the springs not very well covered in paint! Wayne (Rigpig) may have photos of what came out of his car.

Edited by user Tuesday, 16 January 2018 7:35:37 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Depends on the model and what you mean by early.

I can’t recall exactly, seen too much ID over the years!
So it is 80337 56-H5? Or 80737 56-H5? Makes a huge difference.
You mean engine is 30710424?

If it is a 337 and it has a standard type steering box i’d expect something like xE8 or thereabouts, if it had power steer or the optional 16.5:1 box then possibly xB8 or xC8 or so.
If it is a 737 then it’ll most likely be an xG8.

If it had standard steering then a box close to its build timeframe as there would be many 1000’s of these used every few weeks. Unless all your 3 boxes are from the time period it should be obvious which one belongs to the car.

I reckon the shockers were a gloss black similar to warrigal and painted by the supplier not GMH.
The upper mounting brackets for the rear shocks had the same gloss black paint on them, they were probably pre-installed on the rear shocks and supplied as assemblies.

Front springs are a long story and I can only go by what I found on my Dandenong car.
The main body of the crossmember and the upper and lower control arms were painted individually.
When the crossmember was built the coil springs were installed unpainted as were the spindles and steering arms, rotors and calipers, tie rod ends, ball joints etc.
Once the crossmember assembly was completed (and prior to be installed in the car) all unpainted surfaces were sprayed black.
That includes the lower two or three exposed coils of the front springs.

If you want to be really accurate paint everything, I found factory black paint on every surface of my front crossmember including the rubbers and grease nipples.

Gday. My 327 is black with a red stripe about an inch wide (That width would depend on which paintbrush they had from stores on the day)
down the whole spring. I reckon that was coding different springs. I have seen that on other 327s both restored and not. Wayne...whaddyareckon?
Nick

Edited by user Monday, 22 January 2018 10:19:00 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi Wayne.


Yep...come to think of it I think it IS orange. I wonder if there could have been slight variation in that colour from plant to plant...mine=Acacia Ridge. Another interesting car is the only known black327 which I think is red? ?? I must try to find a pic of the springs in that car. It was Pagewood from memory.

Cheers
Nick.

My springs had an orange brush mark the length of the spring. The springs looked like they were raw steel no sign of paint.[img]null[/img] My car is an Adelaide built car.

Edited by user Thursday, 25 January 2018 6:36:40 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

On my Pagewood 1837 the springs which are out of the car at the moment,has that number 7449997, already mentioned,There is not much black but certanly has the orange stripe down the length of the spring. That number 7449997 seems to have 1st appeared in the 327 supplementary parts catalogue. Some one here may be able to give a rough idea of this cars build date. With the main X member on my 1837 has an assembly number of 2805250 and the outrigger number 11 H 8.
Jack

That the spring with part number 7449997 does appear in the Yellow Book but you might find that, in the introduction of parts catalogue M36567 that parts listed in the catalogue, M36567 which is a supplement to M35966, are parts peculiar in their application to or first introduced with the Monaro GTS 327 Coupe. You may interpret that different to me but but have a read yourself and see what you reckon.
Jack.