Correct part finish

[Bill Rose]

The flywheel covers were painted black when they were stamped, but over sprayed orange at the engine plant.

The bell housings were installed after the flywheel was bolted down, and the black cover was installed, before the engine was painted. The engines were painted after all these parts were in place. So the exhaust manifolds, bell housing, inspection cover, etc were all over sprayed orange. If the inspection cover wasn't in place, the fly wheel would have orange paint on it, and it didn't.

The inspection cover color was recently discussed on Team Chevelle, and several guys with un-restored originals, all said, there was lots of orange paint on their original inspection covers.

[firstgenaddict]

Pascoe's 18k mile 69 Z...when looking for references I can almost always find pics on the site to document correctness...

[JOZW30]

This is for a 72 Olds 442 W30. So, black inspection cover with 455 Olds blue over-spray would be correct.

I'm not going to over-spray the blue, but will repaint the cover black while the trans is out of the car.

Thanks!

[nuch_ss396]

Guys!

I just remembered that Tonawanda had the bell housings
installed prior to painting, so that lends me to believe
that the inspection cover would be orange. I honestly
can't say I ever saw the back side of a flywheel that had
orange overspray on it. SO, that tends to indicate that
the inspection cover was installed and should be orange.

Sorry for my earlier post about the black color.
Steve

[3macs1]

Hi Steve:
This was a january 13th 68 car. The one with the 67 air controls, flat centers etc.Lots of early stuff. We have another 396 california car scrapped which was also 2nd week of jan she also has the 67 air controls and flat cetres on the rally wheels??? Auto however so we don't have another inspection cover.
No orange paint on the bell housing either and the fork is natural with no indication of any paint.I don't know may be because it was one of 4 they built up here made it different. Motor is stamped totally unique as we discussed before with no letter codes but it matches exactly the gm canada docs.Don't use my feedback as the norm for these.Looks like we have a odd ball.

[Tarrytown SS427s]

Thats pretty strange, but it would make sense due to the low production. On our 65 Biscayne, the bellhousing had overspray just on the area that bolts to the engine, and it was also orange where the clutch fork comes out, and the clutch fork was orange too! Every car seems different LOL
Steve

[3macs1]

Here is strange Steve. I was at moms today so make a point to look at what was in the barn. 4 covers on a nail all black, six 621 bellhousings no paint on them. One newer truck 11" housing signs of blue plaint. One 10 1/2 housing full of orange.Only in canada I say

[Unreal]

Where exactly is your Mom's house?....And does she have any big dogs--or a gun?

[Verne_Frantz]

JOZ,
It's been my experience that Tonawanda installed a bare steel inspection cover, bell and fork, then painted it. The degree of orange on the bell, cover or fork varied depending on the guy doing it that day. I believe the final assembly plant installed the rubber boot for the fork when they installed the linkage. All the service replacement inspection covers were supplied black.
IF you look at Pascoe's '69 Z photo, it sure looks like the cover is bare steel with a little orange overspray.

Verne

[3macs1]

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Where exactly is your Mom's house?....And does she have any big dogs--or a gun?

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I'm the gun collector not mom most BBC guys seem to be. There is some up there but living in canada by the time she got the lock off the cabnit, then the lock off the trigger then the lock off the ammo bin she would have had you beat with the stock.
Not really a worry up here. Not a person within 200 miles would want a 621 housing unfortunately.
Did find three more yesterday when looking for a console for a guy and two did have orange overspray on them but the other was natural.
I look at that original inspection cover posted and also see some black, and would suspect if it was bare we would see a bit of rust like the bottom of the oil pan etc.Not saying verne is not 100% correct just seems it may not be consistant at least in canada.