Big blocks at the Tonawanda engine plant 1969

[JoshC]

Originally Posted by SBR

Lots of orange paint on the bellhousing and exhaust manifolds. I've always had my motors painted this way and I always get comments at shows for having too much paint on the exhaust manifolds smh.

Certainly a little on the manifolds here as well. Not so much on the bellhousing though. (from Kurts post/link above)

[scuncio]

Cool picture, looks to be a protective “shipping cap” installed over the refrigerant ports on the A/C compressor.

[SS427]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Cool picture, looks to be a protective “shipping cap” installed over the refrigerant ports on the A/C compressor.

I don't know for a fact but believe that is done because they pre oil the compressor and add more and than apply a vacuum seal to it to keep all moisture out of it.