How much chrome on a base 350?
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How much chrome on a base 350?
Just aquired a 72 that has the base 350 engine in it. The air cleaner lid, water pump pulley and alternator adjustment arm are chrome. Did the car origionally come with these chrome parts or should they be painted parts?
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Your 72 should look similar, to the car pictured, or at least it would have when new.
The only underhood factory chrome, on an L-48, was the air cleaner lid and the ignition shielding. The wiper vacuum can, on the car in the picture, should be gold cad, just like the master cylinder lid. The air cleaner base and the pulleys, were painted gloss or semi-gloss black.
The only underhood factory chrome, on an L-48, was the air cleaner lid and the ignition shielding. The wiper vacuum can, on the car in the picture, should be gold cad, just like the master cylinder lid. The air cleaner base and the pulleys, were painted gloss or semi-gloss black.
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Actually, the engine "components" were painted a semi-gloss black. The firewall and inner fenders were given the 'blackout' treatment with semi-flat black paint.
The only chrome stuff on the L-48 engine were the air cleaner lid and the ignition shielding (including spark plug shields and "V" wire shielding on the block). Everything else was painted Chevy engine orange, some type of black, or left as bare metal.
The only chrome stuff on the L-48 engine were the air cleaner lid and the ignition shielding (including spark plug shields and "V" wire shielding on the block). Everything else was painted Chevy engine orange, some type of black, or left as bare metal.
Last edited by 7T1vette; May 9, 2013 at 08:17 PM.