engine lift brackets?

[olredalert]

------Hope I dont start an arguement,but I looked over a COPO Chevelle just after it rolled off the transport truck in 1969,and it seems to me it had only the 427 decal on the air-cleaner lid and "T" sticker on the valvecover.Oh,also smog sticker,but I couldnt have cared less about it back in 69!.........Bill S

[hvychev]

Bill I bet this was possiable. Could this have varied by assembly plant or model such as if it were a Camaro or Chevelle?

[William]

Since Flint and Tonawanda supplied engines for all plants I doubt it varied by final assembly plant. The only factory documentation I know of is the ZL1 engine assembly manual. It calls for a number of small items to be painted with black engine enamel, among them the engine lift hooks. Road test photos of the #3 ZL1 show a black front hook. But the hook in the L88 photo elsewhere on site doesn't look painted at all.