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Originally Posted by TLea
Those pictures are awesome thank you. Regarding engine color and control arms. Paint is greenish blue, we matched it off original paint on valve cover (we buffed paint to get true color)
Control arms yes I typically am seeing black painted but this is very original truck with riveted ball joints. Beautiful bare metal under ball joints and rebound bumpers. Can't explain but certain its the way it came
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Well Id have to disagree on those two colors. Picture one above with that black firewall is a 1966 250 with 3 miles on it , no green on that engine or any of the 230 250 sixes. Books also say blue for those engines. Control arm paint is definitely black originally . Parts were painted individually before installation and in many cases a coat of black was sprayed on the underside of the truck after assembly . Here's some VERY low mile 100% original survivor chassis pictures. One is a 900 mile 1962 and the other is a member here with an extremely low mile 1966. On the 66 you can see evidence of black on the control arms and evidence of an assembled truck sprayed again after assembly by the shocks that are gray in 1966 . I would not disagree with you except I know your trying to do this as exact as possible. Not critiquing your work and dedication , just trying to help before it gets too late to fix.