Did Bill Thomas build Camaros outside NICKEY??

[beater68427]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: resto4u</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Has it been documented that nickey/thomas engine transplants received yellow painted engines? If so, what is the color name or paint code. Roger </div></div>

In looking at pictures Bill Thomas painted some of his engines Yellow in various cars, I just decided to on this car when I got it the engine was black but had been Black Yellow and Orange on the block the heads were bare aluminum I still have those heads but they need work. The rest I threw away it was junk.

[olredalert]

----Jeff,,,,Some racers (Bob Hamilton was one) painted their engines yellow as they could see oil leaks more easily. Im sure that's the reason Bill T did at least some of his engines that way....Bill S

[JoeC]

not sure why Thomas used yellow but he was old school and
in 1957 Chevy painted some 283 truck engines yellow

for some reason in 1950's Chevy used many engine colors - blue red yellow gray green orange black even a Chartreuse (lime green)

other years used different colors also

http://www.cs.siena.edu/~lederman/tr...VCCAcolor.html