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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 10-28-2013, 02:22 AM

One more possibility -- your engine was painted on a Friday afternoon, and the paint crew [ after a couple of pitchers at lunch] -- ran out of Chevy Engine Orange, so they sprayed the whole frame and engine in Low Gloss Black until some body got back with the correct Orange paint. They could not stop the production line for anything but a safety issue. Just a theory, of course.

10-28-2013, 02:22 AM	#9
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,622	Re: Black engine color? One more possibility -- your engine was painted on a Friday afternoon, and the paint crew [ after a couple of pitchers at lunch] -- ran out of Chevy Engine Orange, so they sprayed the whole frame and engine in Low Gloss Black until some body got back with the correct Orange paint. They could not stop the production line for anything but a safety issue. Just a theory, of course. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.