76vette1

Don't you love PO's that detail the engine compartment with a can of black spray paint and even cover those pesky colorful wires on the fire wall and fender well? It looks like a bundle of black spaghetti.

Procrastination Racing

It could be worse. He could have painted some color to match the car.

doorgunner

I RESEMBLE THAT STATEMENT......but I'm changing my ways..............

My engine bay will be restored this winter..........

funx600

Love? Not really.
However, IMO:

lowbuck72

could have used orange spray paint...

Alan 71

Hi,
You mean 2 cans of silver don't make it look like everything's been chrome plated?????
Regards,
Alan

It takes 2 cans because silver doesn't cover very well!
1 can is enough for a bicycle though.

keithinspace

Ahhh...the application of a "Black Bomb". Usually reserved for about 2 days before Bubba sells a car to give it that little extra zip...

I've 'freshened' my engine bay with black. The extra $3 and 20 minutes it takes to wrap everything you DON'T want black (including the wires) in aluminum foil is money/time well spent.

Some folks can't spare either the $3 or the 20 minutes. And it will never cease to amaze me.

bj1k

It's just laziness and lack of pride !

FASTAZU

LOL, I was at a local car show many years back with my 82 and the class winner had the complete engine compartment hosed with flat black with out even having cleaned anything.....

C3 4ME

And what's really sad is it will take months to undo 20 minutes of shooting everything black.

7T1vette

Alan 71...

There's a fella down here in TN with an '81 C3 and ALL of the metal stuff in his engine compartment was painted metallic silver paint....USING A BRUSH!! He is a long-time member of the ACCA group down here, and their club puts on and judges a lot of shows in the mid-TN area. Not surprisingly, this guy gets 1st place at everything he attends where their group is judging....wWith BRUSHED ON METALLIC RUSTOLEUM PAINT in the engine compartment.

Needless to say, I don't enter my '71 in any of the shows they produce and judge.

{So, it's not just BUBBA....}

kdf1986

I have several wire bundles and connections with the black paint on my 73. For the areas I can get to I am using Goof Off or some other mild paint remover to clean the wires with q-tips and try to restore the area to original.

I never knew why they were painted black, now I do.

kdf

7T1vette

Solvent-safe gloves, lacquer thinner, and some rags will get rid of all that black paint. Keep the windows open!!!

slickfx3

there's a little bubba, planned or unplanned in all of us

Strokemyaxe

This is entire thread just made my day.. haha. so funny.