I would say painted on that plug.
Actually, the standard oil pressure sender (non Rallye Dash) was on the engine when painted....and crudely masked off. Seen plenty of originals with some overspray on them.
I should have mentioned it before....but water pump and thermostat housing, where the rad hose slides on....usually gets masked too....but you wont see it once the hoses are installed.
The fuel pump boss on the block....I believe was masked as well.
There is something with the block drain plugs too....they need to be Hex....not square. Also, I have to check my pics/notes....one side my be painted and the other side not.
Now we are just splitting atoms....Lol!

Thanks, Jim! I’ve been burnin’ doing the Neutron Dance for years!:headbang: Wait, that was the Pointer Sisters back in ‘83. Regardless, copy all! Great info!!! It’ll all go in the file for reference when I get into the final redo on the car in a couple years.

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Dave

So, what exactly is inside that engine? Enquiring minds want to know???

Is this the same Enquirer that told me that Aliens visited the White House yesterday and were given a parking ticket due to a timed out meter? :hmmm:

Lunati cam, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't recall off hand. I'll have to dig out the receipts. James (previous owner) built the motor. I just made it look purdy!

Rusty has some new F70-14s headed this way!

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Dave

I made the executive choice to fix the original cowl instead of using the aftermarket AMD panel. While nice, there's a few stampings in it that aren't exact. Not to mention the VIN. :scholar: So starting with the rotted edges first, I spliced in new metal from the donor cowl and next up will be patching the minor holes. Still some more grinding to do, but it's solid again and the areas that will be seen under the hood are smooth. The outer edges have undercoating sprayed on them so you'll never see this work. But that doesn't matter since I have to do it right or it'll bug the crap out of me!!:burnout:

Interesting thing, there's a remnant of a parts tag around the dash retainer speed nut hole. If you remember from my Beater Bee, I found one if these between the inner rear quarter window brace and the quarter panel on the driver's side, still wearing V2 Hemi Orange. This tag wire still has FC7 on it!

Best part is I'll use the curved pieces of the donor cowl to repair the inner cowl area.

More to come..

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Dave

Good call on the donor section use. I know it hurts to cut up a brand new part just for a couple scrap sized patches, but you’re doing it right. I did a similar thing with Gramma’s Firebird. I still have gigantic remnant pieces of expensive body panels stacked in the garage as future sheet metal scrap, after cutting only an inch or two off the edges.

Yep... there's some dead give-aways with that repop one, but still it's a very nice piece.

Had to move her over to the small shop since the truck gets the spot where she was sitting. But since it's there, I might as well take advantage and patch up the lower cowl/ firewall then weld up everything before moving it back over to the main shop.

Nothing cooler than a Cuda sticking out of a shop! :cool2: More next week!

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Dave

I decided today, while on Reserve, I might as well try to bang the cowl work out and see how far I would get before a call. But first, I sat behind the wheel and made some engine noises. You'll see the the second pic is when I hit second and floored it!:3gears:

Anyway, first up was the rusty metal repair. I was able to cut and splice everything that needed to be repaired using the AMD panel. I then sprayed the underside of the upper cowl and the lower part of the cowl on the car with Eastwood's Ceramic Chassis Black. Why? Cause that's what I had laying around! :shocked:

After welding everything up I went back and cleaned up the plug welds. I'll finish this later during the real restoration, but for now, good enough for a driver and it's 100% rust free! Going to dust some spotty FC7 around to give it the worn patina that it originally had and blend it with the rest of the engine bay. :burnout:

That it! Cowl done!!! Time to get that engine back in!!:cool2: Then maybe I can make some real engine noises!

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Dave

A few more...:3gears:

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Dave

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