Re: ENGINE: 327 1948

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/11/9 10:59:03

There's nothing special about these engine enamels, they're not special high temperature paints as nothing on the block gets particulary hot anyway. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if Kanter's, Max's and others who sell the correct color all get their paints from the same supplier. If cost were a concern, why not buy a quality alkyd enamel a bit ligher and a small tube of black tinting pigment?

PS - and by judging standard of both major Packard clubs, that engine should be gray. The only area of debate is apparently the 356 engines built during the time span when both the 21st and 22nd series cars were in concurrent production. And surface prep and cleanliness is the key to paint adhesion; brake-clean is a pretty agressive solvent on many paints.