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Originally Posted by Cobra_ZA
Hi guys, opening this thread again.
I just read a "concourse" guide on Cobras and they indicated that the engine block was black and the water pump blue... Has anyone come across this at all? If this could be a possibility, would the timing chain cover be black too? I guess...
Thanks
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Hard to imagine that unless the engines were shipped to Shelby minus the water pump but I don’t know why they would have done that. Factory engine painting back then was basically assemble everything to a long block state, even manifolds and then just spray the whole mess. Then install fuel lines, ignition, carbs, starters, etc. I know Chevy used a cheap mask to cover aluminum intakes during painting but they were crude and a lot of engine paint got on the ends of the runners. Ford probably did something similar. It was not a high tech or precision process.