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Old May 20, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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but i spray bombed my engine block/heads/intake with gloss black engine paint......... while in the car.........i need to get this motor back together so i can drive the sumbeatch....... all i need now is pully braket setup and a nice carb.....

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Black & Green...good combo...if only we could see the the pics...
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yeah..... pics..... i could shoot some tomorrow but i need to clean up a few spots and try to but the headers back on........ i have a few green p/c brackets that might setoff the engine bay a bit .... the intake was supposed to green but my p/c screwed that all up and so i just painted it black.......

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Orange and green would have been better.
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come on u sumbeatch lets see them pics of the green hornets eng bay. all Black?
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it's not all black mang'

i still have chrome v-covers/alt/headers/air cleaner

i have few p/c green brackets too......

i just need aluminum pulley setup then i can cruise


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Aw shucks..was hoping to see "total blackout"....
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total blackout would have been cool (in my view) but to do it right, i would need a bb to back it up and since i have a sb then i can't really make it look tuffff........ i would get laughed at......hehe


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Originally Posted by onaqwst
total blackout would have been cool (in my view) but to do it right, i would need a bb to back it up and since i have a sb then i can't really make it look tuffff........ i would get laughed at......hehe


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Bubba blacked out the engine before I got it.
If you're lucky; yours could look THIS HOT!!!






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Old May 21, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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i didn't bubba bomb it...... it'll actually looks decent and now i'm trying to put what i can back on the car....... i got a donor carb (old holley) that i'm gonna run...... hopefully in a week i'll be able to finally finish up the engine bay.......

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I got called a Pennsylvania Dutchman once because my motor, engine compartment and body color are all black.
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Originally Posted by icanfixitforyou
I got called a Pennsylvania Dutchman once because my motor, engine compartment and body color are all black.
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