Re: Annoying detail question (engine paint)

[Gwendolyn Ann Smith <gwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>, you said...

>The engines of 64+ models were definitely assembled then painted, so the 
>cover should be turquoise as well as the block. Anything that might have 
>been put on the engine before paint would be that color also. Accesories 
>(including the oil filter in the case of the 195.6) were put on later. All 
>oil filter brackets I've seen were unpainted. Coil should be black with an 
>unpainted bracket. IIRC the alternator bracket was unpainted as well as 
>the alternator. The auto trans and filler tube are unpainted, top and 
>"handle" of dip stick painted engine color.
>
>Older engines are different. The oldest 195.6 OHV had a grey block and red 
>valve cover and dipstick handles. Accessories unpainted. In the earliest 
>60s they were painted all red (don't recall exact years -- 60-62?). The 
>aluminum engine had a natural finish with a silver/aluminum painted valve 
>cover. It will look like bare metal unless you look closely -- that might 
>be what you're seeing and mistaking as "unfinished". All steel valve 
>covers were painted. The early air cleaner cases were black, even on the 
>red engine cars. I'm not positive, but all the turquoise engien color cars 
>had housings painted the same color as the engine.

::nod:: The fact that some have valve covers painted differently than the 
blocks is another thing that threw me on this: that and the number of '64 
engines I've seen with no paint chips on their metal covers.  Speaking 
with the owner of a '61 with an OHVA only muddied matters for me, given 
the silver/aluminum cover you mentioned above, as well as seeing older 
OHVCs with the red cover/grey block.

I wasn't sure on the oil filter bracket: I'll have to spend some time 
with mine, looking for any paint traces.  I would make sense that this 
would be natural metal, given it's assumed state in the assembly process.

The transmission filler tube on mine *is* painted the engine colour (it's 
not been repainted), as is the transfer case: I did not hop under the car 
to check the rest of the transmission, but I believe its unpainted.

The air cleaner was also originally turquoise, and I've repainted it to 
match.

Thanks for clearing up the valve cover colour issue!

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

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