Info needed: 1950 Ford Flathead V8 Engine Paint

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Back in the 1970s I worked at a place where one of my jobs was to disassemble flathead Ford motors. I saw that light grey colour a lot, it seemed to be the colour of choice when repainting reconditioned motors in the late 50s and 60s.

Hi Keith,

That's interesting. Just had a look at my spare '46 block and it has grey paint over what may be the original Ford Blue faded paint. This is the second '46 engine I have that was painted grey. Both engines are truck engines with the twin row pulleys on pumps, crank, and genie and with the PCV system.

Cheers,