![]() ![]() The paint computers need a credit card flat area to get an accurate reading, and finding flat areas on an engine can be challenging. Because of this, the mixing bank colors for the single-stage paints may be older and going bad (I had some paint that was contaminated because they just didn't use single-stage enough). Most engines are painted with single-stage enamels rather than two-stage base/clears, and single-stage enamels are going away because nobody uses them anymore. Even with the stateside brands, the mixing bank colors change frequently, and the older the paint the more difficult it is to match. ![]() ![]() A really good match, but it wasn't technically Grabber Blue. ![]() Just below the casting ID code in the picture is a letter 'H' stamped into a machined surface. The 351M ID code is cast into the side of the first counterweight. Crankshaft ID code (1KA) for a 351M crankshaft. For example, when scanned by one of my suppliers, 1970 Ford Grabber Blue came up as a 1983 BMW color. The date code on this cap is 8F12 (June 12, 1978). This is especially true for companies that were not around back in the sixties (most of the European manufacturers like Spies Hecker and BASF were not in business stateside and their mixes are usually crosses to something else). ![]()
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