Is there supposed to be a reddish paint overspray towards the rear of the unit near the "timing slash" on the distributor body akin to the 621 bellh'sing overspray or was this done possibly by a "Bubba" in his or her angst to paint a cast iron intake manifold and make her look nice like "back in the day"??
Thanks! Ted
Varying degrees of minor engine orange overspray are quite common on the distributor base - the distributor was covered with a coffee can during the painting process at Flint V-8.
Finding out these l'il tricks from "back in the day" are great John.
Ted
I have a beautiful, all original distributor laying around that shows this overspray. Remind me if I don't get a picture up in a few days.....
JohnZ and maybe Kurt, are points (not in the dizzy) taken away if there is no apparent overspray on the rear of a distributor and or on a 621 bellh'sing??? Can't really see you guys stretching the necks
in order to gander at the above... I imagine the paint on the fenders would take a beating. eh???
Take care gennamen and don't eat tooo much All Hallow's Eve goodies. I know with me trying to bear down on a candy toffee apple with false dentures is gall dang it next to impossible... T.
Quote from: opelitis1 on October 31, 2008, 08:17:41 AM
JohnZ and maybe Kurt, are points (not in the dizzy) taken away if there is no apparent overspray on the rear of a distributor and or on a 621 bellh'sing???
Some cars had overspray on the distributor base, some didn't. All manual-transmission cars had at least some overspray, usually more than just overspray, on the bellhousing - it was in place when the engine was painted.
Morning KurtS! You were asking for a reminder re. the original distributor showing the "overspray"... Thanks!!! Ted
Here's the pics. 68 distributor with original paint on it. Was sitting on a shelf in the garage for decades.....
Notice the vacuum advance got oversprayed and how the green stripe was painted -it wasn't brushed on.
Thanks Kurt!!! What is the green (teal) paint from?? I have the GM orange/red but that is all.. T.
That's the ID stripe that Delco put on to help the engine plant ID the distributor. The colors are listed in the Colvin's CBTN.
Kurt,
That is first one I've ever seen with a sprayed ID stripe. Have restored hundreds and hundreds of these over the years.........probably in the thousands by now. Are you sure that is an original ID stripe?
Jerry
Yes. It was pulled from a car decades ago, long before anyone would restore a plain old distributor like that. I too was surprised it was sprayed.
Got a good pic of an original brushed stripe?
Kurt -
Photo below is a group of Corvette T.I. distributors with their original paint marks.
Here is a 28,000 mile original.
Jerry
Here is another low mileage 1112019, 1970 Z28,
Jerry
Here is an 1111499 that was in a serious car fire and we brought it back!
Jerry
Here is an 1111499 that was in a serious fire and we brought it back,
Jerry
After,
Jerry
Holy Hanna!!! You just didn't "bring it back", it is beautiful!!
T.
Here's an original '68 1111297...
Paul