Quote:
Originally Posted by burb71
In a way, but that is a publicity photo its meant just to look good in the sales catalog, the first thing I see wrong is the orange transmission.
But I'm with you 100% on compiling for factory correct restoration, thats the way I'm trying to do my truck
|
Agree. Publicity photos or pics of display engines might get you close but not 100% correct. Transmissions were in fact a natural color (silver) and the amount of paint covereage on engines and other components varied by engine plant and operator.
Here is a b&w photo of big blocks in the rack. You can infer the amount of production representative paint coverage from these, but it also gives an idea of the volume of engines used to maintain production.
Incidentally - in one of my previous jobs my responsibility was to review all the brochures, literature and print advertisements for accuracy (so I KNOW some mistakes get out! - lol).
K