Engine colour?

[Limey57]

Sorry, color......

I'm sure I've asked this but I'll be damned if I can find it.  I'm taking my block to be bored in a couple of weeks so I'm sorting the paint for it.  I've seen 57's with black, blue or red blocks, what colour (sorry, COLOR!!!) should it be?

Thanks

[wildhog]

57's Should be Red engine ,black valve covers and Argent silver air cleaner.

[RICH MUISE]

As long as we're on colours..should I leave my aluminum block 4.6 aluminum, or paint it?
No, I'm not going to polish it....I don't think..well, maybe...NO!...Well it would look good and I don't have anything sheduled for 2014.

[Ford Blue blood]

Rich you do have too much time to think!........

[4thgen57]

I am no expert however I have pics of my Y when I got it out of storage after 21 years, (It sat in a barn from 1979 to 2000 and I degreased the engine. The block was more or an orange color, with a red air cleaner. the valve covers were indeed black however the stickers on the valve covers are listed as 1955 stickers? in any parts book I look at. Since my Dad has been with the car since day 1, I am confident that it has never been out of my fender wells. Just my 2 cents and any info would be appreciated.

[Lou]

 4thgen57...Which engine, where was your car built, what date code?

[rmk57]

As long as we're on colours..should I leave my aluminum block 4.6 aluminum, or paint it?
No, I'm not going to polish it....I don't think..well, maybe...NO!...Well it would look good and I don't have anything sheduled for 2014.

Paint it the same colour as the body. As long as the inner fenders are a different colour than the body it should look pretty good.

[Tom S]

As long as we're on colours..should I leave my aluminum block 4.6 aluminum, or paint it?

Leave it aluminum!  Then you will never have any paint to flake off & it will always be easy to refresh the aluminum with whatever.  Scotch bright pads maybe.
I'll polish aluminum but I never, ever paint it.  Not that I am saying to polish that block.  Too much work to get it right.

[4thgen57]

Its a 272, ECG casting on block with ECZ-G heads. This has puzzled me for a while.

[sprink88]

I always thought the original colors were red or yellow?

[Frankenstein57]

I painted the Y-block t-bird red, it leans toward orange. A couple of my GM buddies were calling it Chevy orange, so we compared the two colors. Its not that orange, Mark

[4thgen57]

I need to compare mine. It looks Orange to me. I will see if I can scan some pics of the engine after I degreased  it.

[Tom S]

Except for that damn aftermarket rocker arm oiler gizmo this looks stock & as I remember '56s & '57s.
Not sure on the valve cover color though.

[57 Ford Kustom]

Tom,   
   That oiler looks Hi Tech! I remember as a Kid my Dad would cut strips of a wool blanket, soak them in oil and lay them over the valves! LOl
Tim

[RICH MUISE]

Man...you had it tough growing up...we've all heard stories about walking 2 miles thru 4 feet of snow to get to school, holes in shoes, etc......but wood blankets, and not even complaining about it..wow now that WAS tough.
LOL...sorry couldn't resist