[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by Bill Bess

I was told by Bill Parham (Southern Automotive) that , "Carrol Shelby never painted an FE ANY COLOR BUT BLACK".

I would postulate that Carroll Shelby never painted an FE ANY color!

And to elaborate, I don't think anyone at Shelby American circa 1965-67 painted engines as they came from Ford. The "dressed" engines were painted at the engine plant (Lima, Windsor, Cleveland, Podunk, etc.)