Engine paint

[McKenzieDave]

JohnZ recently noted that the vin pad was masked for painting.  Was it a great mask or just a piece of tape across it and you got what you got?  Any body have an original pic?  Dave

[JohnZ]

Most of the time it was just a piece of masking tape torn off a roll and stuck on the pad; sometimes the pad was just wiped with a solvent-soaked rag instead. It wasn't a "concours" operation - they just needed to have the pad readable at the shipping dock with engines coming in one every twelve seconds.

[McKenzieDave]

Thanks john, there will be many more of these silly questions to come.  Dave