250 engine details
 

good morning. new to forum just introduced myself. Working on 66 C 20 w/250 restoring to as new (concours). I'm trying to understand how engines were painted. There is a thread here with a beautifully restored 250 and all the fasteners are plated suggesting bolt ons (valve cover, timing cover, side covers, oil pan, intake etc) were painted before engine was assembled. I'm used to most makes painting engines with most common pieces assembled. Which is correct?
Thanks in advance.
ps: This engine was never repainted but someone had been inside so gaskets all changed however the balancer clearly had original turquoise paint on it

Re: 250 engine details
 

They were painted mostly assembled, some even had overspray on the exhaust manifolds.

The water pump pulley should be grey phosphate finish, the other pulleys should be black. I asked the same question in a facebook group and someone posted an extremely low mileage 250 truck, I'll see if I can find those pics again and post them.

Re: 250 engine details
 

Thanks. I clicked on your link of your 65 and thats the engine I saw with the unpainted fasteners. Is that a 292 thing or just the way you decided to do it?
Beautiful work by the way

Re: 250 engine details
 

Thanks! I didn't know any better, and thought it would look more detailed with everything painted separately.