69 Engine BB lift hook???????

**KnoxvillePig** · #1 08-18-2006, 08:34 AM

Funny How this thread popped up as I was gonna post tonight to ask:

What color is correct for the 1969 L-78 BB front and rear lift hooks? I have seen them in Chevy Orange and in Cast color.

Darrell

lzdick · #2 08-18-2006, 07:54 PM

Bare steel is correct but good luck with rust issues. I use cast blast paint and that has been accepted at judged events.

Orange was only on painted intake cars. They certainly didn't take the time to mask it off on the assembly line. Remember, "The General" was VERY frugal with time and effort!

ORIGLS6 · #3 08-18-2006, 08:04 PM

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Orange was only on painted intake cars.

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Really?

Keith Tedford · #4 08-19-2006, 04:57 AM

The front engine lift hooks on our COPO Chevelle and that of a friend appear silver in the old original photos that we took.

ORIGLS6 · #5 08-19-2006, 09:00 AM

I won't argue that the overwhelming majority of them were natural or silver, but like most everything we discuss pertaining to the General, there's two words we might want to avoid: ALWAYS and NEVER!

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