Quick simple question
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Quick simple question
Were our engine blocks painted from the factory?
Becasue mine is orange and never I heard anything about the engine being rebuilt from the previous owner.
Becasue mine is orange and never I heard anything about the engine being rebuilt from the previous owner.
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
They've been painted black from the factory for a couple of decades.
Orange was the color of the past (like my '57). Somebody was trying to re-live it. I believe they stopped using orange somewhere in the mid-70's.
Orange was the color of the past (like my '57). Somebody was trying to re-live it. I believe they stopped using orange somewhere in the mid-70's.
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From: Loveland, OH, US
Car: 4
Engine: 6
Transmission: 5
Yeah, about 74 or 75 was the last of the orange; then they were blue for a couple of years; they've been black since about 80 or 81.
If yours is orange, it's had at least a Krylon rebuild.
If yours is orange, it's had at least a Krylon rebuild.
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