[marxjunk]

ive parted so many cars over the decades i cant even come close to remembering how many...many and i mean dozens...had CE or SR blocks or motors...ive owned dozens of SR blocks too..and every single replacement block thats gone thru my hands where painted..no bare blocks...but ive never had one still in a crate...they came from cars....i did have an L79 CE and it was painted..horribly...i could see thru it...but it did have paint on it.

I cant even imagine having a restored car with a bare block in it..document what you want with pics etc and paint it..or piss coat it enough to give it color and light enough to see the paint marks and clear it....id believe that would be closer to what happened back then then...

i am a strong believer in doing what you want with your car..its yours..but would you buy a frame off restored car with a bare block? and not think..man i gotta pull that thing and paint it....