65 FLH King of the Highway fit and finish

[Glenn]

boy it would be nice to have the parts book say in it what the finish was for each year of a part

or an extra book printed to do the same. I have a 50 pan and am trying to use palmers for everything I can but it's all not there so I'm sure I'll be asking the same as you are. as a matter of fact not stealing your thread but anyone know where to get good pictures of a 50 pan

[JSB55]

What is the correct finish on the small bracket attached to the right side of the trans to provide support to the battery box?

Also the finish on the bracket for the right side passenger foot peg?

Mine are both trashed, but were at one time painted silver. I can't distinguish the correct finish in black and white photos.

My best guess after some coercion with a wire brush is that the trans to battery box bracket was black, and the footpeg bracket was natural.

Anybody?

[rbenash]

Man, how did I overlook *that* since we had just been talking about it!

Since you are counting types or colors of paint - cylinders are hi heat silver.

[Chris Haynes]

Paint is paint regardless of color.

[JSB55]

Man, how did I overlook *that* since we had just been talking about it!

[bmh]

9. Painted silver

[JSB55]

1. natural
2. painted same as tanks (e.g. tail lamp housing)
3. painted black
4. parkerized
5. cad plated
6. chromed
7. polished aluminum
8. stainless steel

[Chris Haynes]

Thanks once again, Chris. I'm going to owe you, in particular, along with a few others, buckets of beer and/or margaritas if we ever meet in person!

Unless I've lost count, there are 8 different metal finishes to deal with on this thing. Amazing.

Parkerizing, Cadmium, Chrome, Paint, Mild polishing, and???

[JSB55]

Thanks once again, Chris. I'm going to owe you, in particular, along with a few others, buckets of beer and/or margaritas if we ever meet in person!

Unless I've lost count, there are 8 different metal finishes to deal with on this thing. Amazing.

[Chris Haynes]

Down to the final details (at last), but in spite of scouring Palmer regarding turn signal finish, I can't find it.

My rear turn signal bar appears to have once been polished aluminum. Or ???

The lamp bodies themselves appear to have been chrome, but the bar is a puzzle.

The rear bar is bare die cast aluminum.

[JSB55]

Down to the final details (at last), but in spite of scouring Palmer regarding turn signal finish, I can't find it.

My rear turn signal bar appears to have once been polished aluminum. Or ???

The lamp bodies themselves appear to have been chrome, but the bar is a puzzle.

[Chris Haynes]

Hi...

I've got one source that says the oil pump body and tappet blocks on my 65 FLH should be hi-temp silver, just like the cylinders, and another that says they should be closer to harley's "bead blast look" paint, which is more of a grey.

Which is correct?

Thanks!

H-D didn't have bead blast gray in 1965. See the photo on the bottom of page 4 of this thread.

[JSB55]

Never mind... got the answer by phone.

Thanks, guys! (you know who you are)

[JSB55]

hi-temp or bead blast silver?

Hi...

I've got one source that says the oil pump body and tappet blocks on my 65 FLH should be hi-temp silver, just like the cylinders, and another that says they should be closer to harley's "bead blast look" paint, which is more of a grey.

Which is correct?

Thanks!

[JSB55]

Fortunately, a little encouragement from a wire brush after soaking in paint thinner was enough to get the black paint off the cad fastener heads and they shined up nicely.

Now I notice that my star covers are black, presumably because the former owner had painted them, too.

Palmer says those covers were parkerized through 1964... same for 65?