1969 COPO Nova?

[RALLY]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----Rally,,, To paint an aluminum intake engine the Tonowanda plant used masks or covers made out of pressed cardboard (I think). It would just sit down on the intake. After painting they piled up and were returned to the beginning of the line and were reused. They didn't fit too tight and overspray would creep around the edges. To add to that since the masks were reused they would suffer some deterioration and more overspray would get on the aluminum. On every original aluminum engine I have ever seen over the last 40 or so years there was some amount of Chevy orange but it varied from engine to engine. You can duplicate it pretty easily with a little thought, but installing the intake after the paint job would not appear factory correct. Hope this helps......Bill S

Thanks for the info. Understand how that overspray could happen. That picture of this intake with the overspray is what was duplicated to look factory correct?

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by RALLY

Thanks for the info. Understand how that overspray could happen. That picture of this intake with the overspray is what was duplicated to look factory correct?

----No, that's somebody's incorrect take on Chevy orange intake overspray. It would never have been fogged over the first two inches of the intake runners. There would have randomly spotty orange missteps along the edges of the intake up against the heads. We are going to have to ask for some pics to explain what I'm getting. Hopefully someone can rummage up a few pics that show what I'm trying to explain. Help!......Bill S