jdleach 525 #1 Posted August 7, 2016 Was looking at a photo of a C-175, and unlike about every other one I have seen, the top of the hood was red. Only the grille/front was black. What year did they do that? From what I could tell from the photo, it was the original finish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 23,199 #2 Posted August 8, 2016 I bet it was a repaint...a very good repaint of course. To the best of my knowledge all of the C-85 to C-195s are black on top. Mike..... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
russellmc301 600 #3 Posted August 8, 2016 hints why called black hood 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdleach 525 #4 Posted August 8, 2016 Thanks Mike. Outside of my 312 and Commando V7, am really not all that informed on the other models. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 28,483 #5 Posted August 8, 2016 I see a lot of black hoods that have been painted red on CL etc... Gotta wonder why. Love the black hoods. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 18,698 #6 Posted August 8, 2016 10 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: I see a lot of black hoods that have been painted red on CL etc... Gotta wonder why. Love the black hoods. Because it is hard to mask off and paint the center black. I am not into body work. i paint only for corrosion control. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
