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That may be 3mac1, but one location built all the engines. Do you think someone said, "let's paint this differently because it's going to Canada"?

I admit, I have some eyesight problems these days, but I sure can't see any black on that Z-28's inspection cover, not when I look at how the black on the starter lasted.
The oil pan was bare steel also before it was painted orange.

Verne

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Hi Verne:
May be it is just the picture glare but I see black just up from the right bottom cover bolt.Regardless still owning both canadian and american produced cars of the same year and model YEP they did a lot different on either side of the border.
Give you one example our canadian GM documented impala ss427 has it's original engine stamped TO1113T from the plant you refer to.You won't find that in any of your books and if you were buying the car would probally say it is a CE block that I stamped but right in the GM docs same number. Why??? did that same plant stamp a canadian block differently. Because it was coming to canada.Maybe no bell housing was fitted on the export engines they produced so they got painted with out them I have no idea.. Just like she didnot have smog and she has option codes which no one can tell me what they are like Z49 refered to as special canadian package.I have had my chevelle since 76 another canadian car and her original cover is on the wall and it is black no signs of orange and her clutch fork is bare steel.
I am only telling what I see. I didnot blast any of these housings and many were put away 25 years ago. 9 housings 7 bare two with orange paint and more in the attic which i will check what are the odds. Never say never with GM especially GM canada.