1968 C20 Build

[dagnabbitt]

So, after hemming and hawing and putting it off for too long, I finally got the courage together to paint the engine. I decided to put a flat black down as the first coat, then follow it with the correct color for a 1964 6 cyl 292: Alpine Green.

I have come to the conclusion, finally, that this engine is not the original but a transplant, based upon the stamped engine dress number. My curiousity is still not satisfied, though, as now I want to know the history of this engine and what it came out of. It seems as though the transplant engine might have been a warranty job itself: that dress number is weird.

I am glad I laid down the easy-to-acquire flat black first, as it showed me where I still needed to do some scraping. Where it bubbled or cracked I took my wire toothbrush to it and took it down to the metal again, then repainted, and so on.