AND we got the 3.9 offset-crank 90-degree paint shaker as a replacement

Have you told me about the updates that were developed before? I don't remember that story, and I *think* I would...

i think the black change came in 81 along with the hydro cam

The slant in my 82 D-150 is boring black and it has a hydro cam/

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

Nice C-body... '66 Fury? Glad to know that's turquoise, I suspected it was, but since it's an "order item" everywhere I go, I went with MP engine paint last go-round. I wish you could still get it in Plastikote... I prefer the finish over Duplicolor.

D/W

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If it ain't broke, fix it!

Here are some more. Sorry they aren't posted, I linked them to keep the page load time down for dial-up users.

Engine Bay - Passenger

Longblock - Front

Longblock - Passenger

Longblock - Driver This one shows the headers completely. However, in this picture they have not been powdercoated yet.

-S/6

Nope, seen lots of blue-from-factory hydraulic engines in '81, '82, and (I think) '83 cars.

How many engine plants were there?

Is it possible the transition to black was spotty?

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

Super6, I've said it before and I'll say it again: I *REALLY* like how your yellow engine came out. Much nicer than the yellow one I put together in my (departed) '65 Canadian Valiant. You used a more saturated yellow; mine was a more washed-out color closer to what MP sells.

Magnum_440, WOW, that engine bay looks SWEET! Much cleaner than when I was down there and saw it in '02.

Step, Very good point on the different engine plants. There are even differences in the colo(u)r of red used in different plants in the '60-'68 era. Some were much more orange-y than others, even in the same production year. Also note, different size engines got different reds; there were a lot of slant-6s that got a darker red than the relatively bright red used on similar-year V8s. I found a really excellent match for the darker red: NAPA Farm Equipment spray paint, made by Martin-Senour, "International-Harvester Red". That was 13 years ago, though, so the formula may have changed and maybe now it's better/not as good/not available/???.

All this talk about "reds" is bringing back some bad memories.

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

Quick, call the Corned Beef Hash support line!

DS (playing Elton John: Buh-Buh-Buh-Benny and the Reds!)

...Exes, to be precise. But those were fun too.

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

Exes...? Whazzat?

want a yellow slant six..

http://www.marketworks.com/store/itemDe ... d=10367302

Jerry

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73 Dart 4dr
70 duster
75 VW bug
ex-88 honda rice rocket
ex-70 cuda 383

Alllllll my exes are infested...

That's why I wash my shorts in Keroseeeene!!!

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I've been calling it as i see it for my entire life and that's not about to change. Take it or leave it.

Oh, exes! That'll teach me to read the board late at night...