Stamppad paint (C3 BB)

[Rob M.]

Hi all,

Another question regarding my C3 car. Since the car is a pratically untouched (except the sloppy exterior paint) and I posses nearly every specified maintenance bill since 1970 I'm pretty certain the number matching 427 engine is never repainted during its 37 years life. But it appears the stamp pad was originaly painted and never wiped off during the paint process to remove the orange paint. If I remember correctly the stamp pad wipe off was stated as the process taking place during engine painting, so I'm confused and reluctant to remove the paint from the stamp pad.

My question is: Was the paint process for BB engines any different and should there be paint on the stamp pad?

Any help would be appreciated since I'm very carefull to change the car making it less original and correct...

greetings,
Rob.




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[Mark #28455]

It appears to have been painted later

The VIN derivative also appears to be painted. That was stamped at St. Louis, so the pad must have been repainted after that.
Mark

[Rob M.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

Mark (and others),

Maybe this is a stupid question but could the paint not been stamped into the characters?

greetings,
Rob.

[Mike M.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

rob: somebody other than a tonowanda employee painted your pad. regards, mike

[Patrick H.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

Agree. The orange tooks a tad too glossy for Tonawanda applied. I'd suggest the water pump may have been replaced, and then the block was touched up at that time, hitting the paint pad. Overall I wouldn't consider the block paint as entirely original in appearance.

Patrick

[Rob M.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

Patrick,

You do have a point here! My waterpump was indeed replaced in the past (this was mentioned on one of the vintage bills) so very likely at that time someone has done some painting to get that part orange as well. Your suggestion makes perfect sence...

greetings,
Rob.

[Rob M.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

Now I studied some of the other engine blok pictures is surely looks like the waterpump is too shinny indeed. I'll check tomorrow if the stamppad has the same gloss...

PS Should the intake of this 427/390hp car be orange or aluminium colored?

thanks all for your reply,
Rob.

[Mike E.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

Rob--
Your first post indicated that the car was "pretty much untouched" except for exterior paint. Not to rain on your parade, but the photo you show with this post has an awful lot of things that have been "touched". Valve covers, fuel line and filter, hoses, AIR plugs on the exhaust manifold, etc. I always applaud your enthusiasm, and appreciate your work with the registry, but my definition of "untouched" is apparently different.
Regards,
Mike

[Patrick H.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

My thoughts too.

The orange fuel filter is either a Fram, or someone had WAY too much fun with their can of orange spray paint.

Some detailing is in order to make it appear factory correct.

Patrick

[Mike M.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

intake shoyuld be chevy engine orange. mike

[Greg L.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

Rob, the L36 intake originaly was natural aluminum.

[Mike S.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

Patrick,the dents in the radiator tank at upper hose area.in the picture.is this normal? my 71 454 car has the same dents. thanks Mike

[Patrick H.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

If you're talking about the natural aluminum tank strapped to the right inner fender, it should not have dents in it. It seems to appear to have bad light reflection in Rob's picture, rather than a dent.

Patrick

[Mike S.]

Re: It appears to have been painted later

no iam talking about the black tank part of the radiator on drivers side that the upper hose ataches to .the side of radiator.thanks. Mike

[Mark #28455]

factory bevel

Just checked 2 of my cars, the original radiators appear to have a triangular bevel (like the valve cover on a 1967) at the drivers front corner. My 69 is otherwise dent-free, the 1970 has an additional small wrinkle or two.
Hope this helps,
Mark