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The block had been painted black, orange and blue so it needed to get cleaned up and ready for Epoxy Primer and paint. Noticed that it has a Mellings High Volume Oil Pump on it also.

Thanks. The guy doing the engine work also thought the Isky camshaft would be good for my car, and he mentioned the purple camshaft as well.

Got my engine back from the machine shop late this afternoon. He checked everything out to see if it needed balancing and said it did not. I also finally got the specs on my camshaft. Turns out it's an old grind that's not in the Isky Cams system anymore: .485 valve lift both intake and...

I resprayed the oil pan with OER Turquoise Engine Enamel and it clearly has a more blue tint to it. I am thinking of selling it and getting the correct pan for my application. Inside view: Listed it on eBay.

The car came with an 850 cfm Holley with manual choke set up. The carb, like the engine is rusted and it took penetrating oil soaking for two days to get it moving again. No sure if it's worth rebuilding? I guess taking it apart may answer my question concerning rebuilding. Also, this is the...

And then they were black:

Thanks. Glad I left the masking tape on the motor mounts.

Were the motor mounts originally painted the same color as the engine? These were painted blue so I media blasted them and painted them Turquoise with some old Mopar Engine Enamel I had. Then someone on another site said they were black from the factory. Ugh!

The oil pan was pretty dented up but a new one is $200 so I decided to knock the dents out and repaint it. Then I discovered it's not technically correct for my car. It's a 187 oil pan, where from what I read the '68-'69 440s came with a 402 oil pan. Since my car is not numbers matching (the...

Classic Industries sells OER https://www.classicindustries.com/product/k89162.html With promo code I got $3 off per can. I'll let you know how well it matches what I have now.

Wow. Nobody seems to carry this anymore! P4120752 Turquoise

Okay, I'm back with another question. My original engine paint is Turquoise, however I noticed that the one from Mopar looks green: And the one from VHT looks blue: Both are advertised as Mopar Turquoise. I like the blue tint better.

A question for you engine builders. When cleaning the pushrods for my engine, I noticed some small marks on a couple of the rods. Looks like pitting to me. Would these still be useable?

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Door lock is not working. If I push down to lock the door, I can still get the door to open by pressing firmly on the outside button. It's like the pressure from my thumb on the button is enough to override the lock and open the door. I am beginning to wonder if the previous owner installed...