Re: Engine Bay detailing on a '56 dual carb car

Posted by Victor On 2012/5/7 9:20:33

I agree that pics for advertising purposes, or drawings, like in this case, are not the best possible source of information for regular production methods/finishes (my brother in law painted the fan on a Mercedes 230SL in red because he saw a promotional pic in which it was shown that way, and it looks really awful!) but I guess it makes sense that they could be painted engine color as it is a part the engine could not work without... in the sense that they are not only supports for brackets but also cylinder head water jacket cover plates.

I need to decide today, as we are painting the engine in a few hours. I will go that way because of the info and the 'logics', but will be open to redo them in case we find out they were black or any other finish.

Now, talking about painting the engine, I am assuming that everything was assembled and painted together, and therefore screws and nuts painted with it, except perhaps for the manifold (as it would have been impossible to paint the pan and area under it), and of course the screws for the 'add-on' items, like oil filter, fan, gas pump... which I guess go in natural finish. Is that correct?

Thanks,
Victor