Engine Details (Correct Overspray)

[firstgenaddict]

I just ran across this and thought that some of you might be interested. Take a close look at the edge of the valve covers and the gaskets. They have orange paint on them. This photo is from 1968 or early 1969 according to the cars owner.
This would mean that the engine was painted with the valve covers on and just a "dog house" covering them up to protect them from overspray.
This is how the Pontiacs were done and I thought that the Chevrolets might have been the same but never had any documentation to back it up.
68 Big block Original

[camarojoe]

valve covers, water pump, intake, exhaust manifolds, etc. were installed prior to engine painting, and the top of the engine was masked using a cardboard cover, allowing an "edge" of overspray on the chrome valve covers. The bypass hose on the waterpump was also installed prior to painting, and often had a little to alot of overspray on it. I've seen iron intake cars with this hose completely painted orange from the factory.

[firstgenaddict]

I do not think that I have ever seen the valve cover overspray ever duplicated on a restored car.
The bypass hose, exhaust manifolds, and aluminum intake most of the time are oversprayed on restored cars but not the valve covers and gaskets.

[camarojoe]

Supercar Workshop has been doing this on their restorations for years. The attached pic is a little blurry, but its a shot of Frank Arone's 69 COPO Camaro (past feature car) and shows the correct overspray on the intake, bypass hose, exhaust manifolds, and valve covers.

[Supercar_Kid]

Here's a shot of the L-72 in the LB Van Chevrolet sold '69 Yenko Camaro the Supercar Workshop just finished up this spring. The overspray is present on the bypass hose, intake, and although it's a bit difficult to see, it's on the edges of the valve covers as well. Thanks for pointing these details out in those original pics FirstGen, it's the little things like these that really set one restored car apart from another. In the age of "cookie cutter" restos, where restorers simply mimic what they've seen on other restored cars, the guys at the SCW take the time to carefully note and document each car's particular build characteristics before taking a car apart, allowing them to authentically replicate these nuances during the restoration process and for that I'll give a big Haven't we seen enough 450 HP air cleaner decals, Yenko crest decals on valve covers, and perfectly placed PTB stamps? The difference is in the details, and it's a shame that originality is too often lost in these days of shine & fluff over-restored cars.

[Salvatore]

Can the same type of engine overspray be found on the 1969 Z's? Thanks, Sam