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Longhorn Man · 08-31-2002, 09:19 PM

Here is why I been going so slow on the Longhorn/caddy cross breeding.

Not only am I making her all pretty and stuff, i am so sick of doing the kitty litter dance on my parking spot to clean up the Exxon Valdez sized oil slick, that I am doing everything in my power (short of welding on all the tin) to keep the oil INSIDE the engine.
Opinoins?
(The blue is factory issue GM corp blue for the era of the engine, and the intake is sprayed aluminum becouse it not only brakes up the solid pastel color, but it looks faster this way

and besides...I ran out of blue ans was NOT going to buy a whole can for just the intake.)

bigjimzlll · 08-31-2002, 09:31 PM

everytime I see blue..i think blue oval...it is pretty even though

**ThreeQuarter** · 08-31-2002, 09:42 PM

Lookin' good, longhorn. The aluminum intake looks better, that woulda been a lot of blue!

You can't say anything about TJ's pastel truck now!

RipMeyer · 08-31-2002, 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by gmcblu
You can't say anything about TJ's pastel truck now!

Is that what he refered to as ***** blue? LOL

Longhorn Man · 08-31-2002, 10:10 PM

I did think of doing it up in ford blue, as much as it sickens me to say this, I think that is the best engine color ever made. Look at a properly restored blue ford small block, they are dang good looking.
Blu, I was thinking that as I opened ut this thread just now...I'll never hear the end of it from TJ.

Pumkin Truck · 08-31-2002, 10:10 PM

Looks good man.

, hmm, you said that all caddy engines in that era were that shade of blue, Wonder why mine is a dark blue?

**68 Stepside** · 08-31-2002, 10:13 PM

You're right Longhornmail, WHO'S THE ***** NOW?!?!?!?!

TJ

Longhorn Man · 08-31-2002, 10:14 PM

Hmmm, well, the original paint on this engine was this shade...but you are the second person to say that in as many days...
Oh well, the gaskets are too expensive to rip it back apart, screw it, pastel it stays.

>X< · 08-31-2002, 10:41 PM

longhornmail, when you say ferd blue looks good you mean PONTIAC blue too, right?haha even though they are crap

JoetheMobster · 08-31-2002, 11:30 PM

Quote:

I ran out of blue ans was NOT going to buy a whole can for just the intake

You used spray cans to paint the engine? You have just re-inspired me to grab some myself....mental note...get the high heat type, no krylon furniture spray...hahahaha!

Longhorn Man · 09-01-2002, 12:00 AM

yeah, spray paint. The bloo is eng spray paint, the rest is testors model paint.

hjalbert · 09-01-2002, 02:32 AM

i think the contrast between the pulleys the intake and engine is great, when i pull my cab i am going to detail my engine, instead of chevy orange it is going to be easter egg pink. actually hot pink its for my wife, trying to get her involved

GMCjunkie · 09-01-2002, 07:04 AM

Oh Andrew... I think its BEAUTEEFOOL...... My engine is blue too, but a darker blue... but it dont look like that.

......DO MINE NEXT!!!!!!!

*racedvl* · 09-01-2002, 09:21 AM

I thought you've been driving this pig for at least a month now......

lux hauler · 09-01-2002, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by GMCjunkie
Oh Andrew.........DO MINE NEXT!!!!!!!

hehe......

Longhorn Man · 09-01-2002, 10:34 AM

Concidering thae fact that I love detailing engines, i would be more than happy to detail yours Jodie...just come up here for a weekend and .....

*Gee_Emm* · 09-01-2002, 11:08 AM

I think it looks good, sooooo what shade of pink are you painting the body? :p :p :p :p

lux hauler · 09-01-2002, 11:26 AM

I was thinking that a pastel yellow with little pink flowers would look good

J/K....looks good!!

barn9 · 09-01-2002, 02:18 PM

OK, I won't add any more pastel puns! I'm sure TJ will get enough fun out of it to satisify all of us, he-hee!
But, Andy, I am curious about how you cleaned the block and what kind of prep work you did. From some of the pics you posted showing it before, it looked pretty nasty, so I was wondering if you did anything special before painting. And by the way, it actually does look good, especially when compared to the before pics, nice job!

Longhorn Man · 09-01-2002, 03:21 PM

Well, for those with memory problems (like myself) here is a pic from the day I picked it up.
Before I even got it home, i took it to a coin op car wash and spent $3 worth of quarters, and a can of engine cleaner. That got rid of alot of the caked on crat.
Then, when I was getting seriouse about making it look good, i took 2 cans of brake cleaner, a putty knife, a tooth brush, and spent an hr or so on the long block. The intake and valve covers (both off of another engine) were taken in to work, where I tossed them into a sand blast cabinet and stripped them to bare metal before painting them up.
All the small little do-dads were either sanded or blasted also.

**72 Super** · 09-01-2002, 03:22 PM

Nothing beats nice fresh looking engine.I agree a 100% with barn9 and others it looks great.Hope everthing goes well with the transplant

Tyler_69C10 · 09-01-2002, 05:10 PM

Wow, that looks great, longhornmail! I love your project updates, you're really doing a great job. Keep up the good work!

08-31-2002, 09:19 PM	#1
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Why I'm going so slow on the .... Here is why I been going so slow on the Longhorn/caddy cross breeding. Not only am I making her all pretty and stuff, i am so sick of doing the kitty litter dance on my parking spot to clean up the Exxon Valdez sized oil slick, that I am doing everything in my power (short of welding on all the tin) to keep the oil INSIDE the engine. Opinoins? (The blue is factory issue GM corp blue for the era of the engine, and the intake is sprayed aluminum becouse it not only brakes up the solid pastel color, but it looks faster this way and besides...I ran out of blue ans was NOT going to buy a whole can for just the intake.) Last edited by Longhorn Man; 08-31-2002 at 09:28 PM.

08-31-2002, 09:31 PM	#2
bigjimzlll Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Redding,CA...USA Posts: 4,736	everytime I see blue..i think blue oval...it is pretty even though __________________ It's called "drag racing" if they called it "tic..tic..WHAM!..BANG! F*&K!!!", they'd have to keep the magazines under the counter with the other men's publications click the clicky to join the site.... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/payments.php 67 lwb..first hotrod in 25 years..540 best ET is 9.45 @ 141.44 Anderson,CA

08-31-2002, 09:42 PM	#3
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	Lookin' good, longhorn. The aluminum intake looks better, that woulda been a lot of blue! You can't say anything about TJ's pastel truck now! __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

08-31-2002, 10:10 PM	#6
Pumkin Truck Thats just prime! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 720	Looks good man. , hmm, you said that all caddy engines in that era were that shade of blue, Wonder why mine is a dark blue? __________________ 69 GMC short bed stepside with a wimpy six that can barely pull itself. 99 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 1 Bad 5.7ltr LS1

08-31-2002, 10:13 PM	#7
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,692	You're right Longhornmail, WHO'S THE *** NOW?!?!?!?! TJ __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay**

08-31-2002, 10:14 PM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Hmmm, well, the original paint on this engine was this shade...but you are the second person to say that in as many days... Oh well, the gaskets are too expensive to rip it back apart, screw it, pastel it stays.

08-31-2002, 10:41 PM	#9
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,483	longhornmail, when you say ferd blue looks good you mean PONTIAC blue too, right?haha even though they are crap __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

09-01-2002, 12:00 AM	#11
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	yeah, spray paint. The bloo is eng spray paint, the rest is testors model paint.

09-01-2002, 02:32 AM	#12
hjalbert cracker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 1,021	i think the contrast between the pulleys the intake and engine is great, when i pull my cab i am going to detail my engine, instead of chevy orange it is going to be easter egg pink. actually hot pink its for my wife, trying to get her involved __________________ FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE DRUM BRAKE CLUB Harry John Albert III located in Phoenix, AZ 1972 GMC JIMMY, 1969 lwb Chevy Frame, 1999 bmw k1200 ltc 1992 Kawasaki concours 1991 bmw k75 1973 cortez motorhome

09-01-2002, 07:04 AM	#13
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Oh Andrew... I think its BEAUTEEFOOL...... My engine is blue too, but a darker blue... but it dont look like that. ......DO MINE NEXT!!!!!!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

09-01-2002, 09:21 AM	#14
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	I thought you've been driving this pig for at least a month now......

09-01-2002, 10:34 AM	#16
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Concidering thae fact that I love detailing engines, i would be more than happy to detail yours Jodie...just come up here for a weekend and .....

09-01-2002, 11:08 AM	#17
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	I think it looks good, sooooo what shade of pink are you painting the body? :p :p :p :p

09-01-2002, 11:26 AM	#18
lux hauler Psycho-billy Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: about 40 miles west of Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 2,591	I was thinking that a pastel yellow with little pink flowers would look good J/K....looks good!! __________________ '72 C-10 350 w/Lunati Voodoo cam (207/213, .437/.454), Performer intake, 625 Road Demon Jr. and Hooker headers. Support your community, support yourself. Buy local, buy American (or Canadian).

09-01-2002, 02:18 PM	#19
barn9 Half a bubble off! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Winfield, Ks, USA Posts: 5,588	OK, I won't add any more pastel puns! I'm sure TJ will get enough fun out of it to satisify all of us, he-hee! But, Andy, I am curious about how you cleaned the block and what kind of prep work you did. From some of the pics you posted showing it before, it looked pretty nasty, so I was wondering if you did anything special before painting. And by the way, it actually does look good, especially when compared to the before pics, nice job! __________________ Just call me LB. '71 Cheyenne, 402BB, hauls blondes, brunettes, or redheads.



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09-01-2002, 03:21 PM	#20
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Well, for those with memory problems (like myself) here is a pic from the day I picked it up. Before I even got it home, i took it to a coin op car wash and spent $3 worth of quarters, and a can of engine cleaner. That got rid of alot of the caked on crat. Then, when I was getting seriouse about making it look good, i took 2 cans of brake cleaner, a putty knife, a tooth brush, and spent an hr or so on the long block. The intake and valve covers (both off of another engine) were taken in to work, where I tossed them into a sand blast cabinet and stripped them to bare metal before painting them up. All the small little do-dads were either sanded or blasted also. Attached Images

09-01-2002, 03:22 PM	#21
72 Super Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hyattsville, Maryland Posts: 3,686	Nothing beats nice fresh looking engine.I agree a 100% with barn9 and others it looks great.Hope everthing goes well with the transplant __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super (Purchased new by my parents in August of 71) Black and White

09-01-2002, 05:10 PM	#22
Tyler_69C10 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sidney, BC, Canada Posts: 63	Wow, that looks great, longhornmail! I love your project updates, you're really doing a great job. Keep up the good work! __________________ 1969 Chevy C/10 LWB A great work truck!

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