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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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What is the color of a 69 BB distributor housing??? Judging manual is lame in this area,SB's are orange, what is a BB?!?!?!?! Thanks for any help......................Bruce
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 03:59 AM
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My original 427-400 tach drive is natural aluminum and is not painted. Not sure about a 390 since the cast iron manifold is painted but the tri-powers' distributors are not painted because the manifolds are aluminum also.
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The intake on a 390 is aluminum also, not painted. Small block dist's are orange, just wondering what a BB was.........................CL
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