When I use a lighter color, I shoot the engine with a light colored primer first, then go over that. I've had good luck out of this on all of my engines. It's durable and goes on easy.
As for FE colors, I think the only time the blocks were black was when they were in Shelby Cobras, right?
regular por15 or there engine color? I used there engine black on a couple of my 427s with great results Its a little glossier than the stock color but tones down with age to a semi gloss. As far as I know all Fords untill 65(?) were black with different color valve covers depending on model of car.
I believe the colors are for valve covers and air cleaners. The blocks were black up to 1965, and blue from 1966 on. They changed to grey, and I'm not sure when that happened. Just my 2 pennies worth. Don
Block, heads, pan, all black.
I've found that engine paint and even 900F disc brake paint will eventually burn off the exhaust ears, the only thing that wants to stay there is 1200-1500F header paint.
Supposedly beginning the start of the 1966 model year all the blocks, heads, pan were ford corporate (medium) blue, although some remember black thru early 66 models. Also the 200-6 was sometimes all ford blue even in 1965.
For a 1964 AFX I'd think black/black/black for sure.
We had a 65 Truck, 352-2v, black w/ gold valve covers.
Trucks had different colors - for example, I show the 292-truck as red block/heads/vcovers thru 1963.
Which engine did you have that was blue in 65?
Ford Corporate Blue ie 1966-up?
Light Blue ie 352-valve-cover blue?
Dark Blue ie 1946-48 flathead blue?
Block/heads/valve covers too?
Air cleaner?
I'm trying to collect one tid-bit at a time of info!
