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Old 06-08-2015, 02:39 PM
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Default Re: Did Bill Thomas build Camaros outside NICKEY??

----Jeff,,,,Some racers (Bob Hamilton was one) painted their engines yellow as they could see oil leaks more easily. Im sure that's the reason Bill T did at least some of his engines that way....Bill S
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Old 06-09-2015, 10:24 AM
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Default Re: Did Bill Thomas build Camaros outside NICKEY??

not sure why Thomas used yellow but he was old school and
in 1957 Chevy painted some 283 truck engines yellow

for some reason in 1950's Chevy used many engine colors - blue red yellow gray green orange black even a Chartreuse (lime green)

other years used different colors also

http://www.cs.siena.edu/~lederman/tr...VCCAcolor.html
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