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Old 01-27-2004, 05:35 PM
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WHAT COLOR SHOULD MY 428 BE, THANKS TMAN
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Old 01-27-2004, 06:14 PM
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Why not Ford blue?? Or better yet what ever color you like the best!
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Old 01-27-2004, 06:23 PM
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I had heard that the S/C had a black engine,and the street car came with blue.Can anyone verify?I'll probably do mine in basic black(great for any occasion,formal or informal).

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Old 01-27-2004, 07:17 PM
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427 - black
428 - blue
yours - anything you want
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my 68 428 PI w/Nacar Toploader (kinda partial to Blue)


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Old 01-28-2004, 06:05 AM
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THANKS FOR YOUR REPLIES, I THINK I WILL GO BLACK. TMAN
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Old 01-28-2004, 06:26 AM
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I painted mine FORD RED, as seen on the Ford Racing Catalogue. See my gallery for a picture of my engine.

Basically, what ever floats your boat will work fine. That is unless you are a purist then it must either be Ford Blue or Black.

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Old 01-28-2004, 06:08 PM
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ATFER LOOKING AT YOUR ENGINE PICTURES I SEE IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT COLOR YOUR ENGINE IS, YOU CAN'T SEE ANY OF THE BLOCK ANYWAY, THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, TMAN
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My car came originally with a 428 PI engine painted Ford Blue, that included the aluminum intake and aluminum cam cover. It also had the chrome valvecovers with the Ford 427 emblems.
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The only thing I do not like about black blocks is you have a heck of a time seing where things are seeping, crying and leaking.

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The only thing I do not like about black blocks is you have a heck of a time seing where things are seeping, crying and leaking.

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I used yellow. Check my pics in the gallery. Everytime I try to attach one, I fork it all up.

I just don't let mine leak
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Old 01-28-2004, 07:04 PM
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the 428 PI in my original 1966 "427" Cobra, CSX 3288, is Ford Blue. The engine has never been touched (and it shows!). but its original!
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Old 01-28-2004, 07:14 PM
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Hi Jim-
heard about your cars from Jeff at Whitby's. Do you have any engine pictures that you could send me. I want to put some finishing touches on it before I button it up....

p.s. I had a hell of a time finding a mid 60's trico bottle
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As I remember .....Thru 65 -Black....66 and after- Ford blue ..didnt matter which engine...

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here is a link to a web page the owner of 3288 created,this guy purchased it new and still owns it,he is very obliging to email questions,this is an interesting read,,Tim

http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/CSX3282.shtml
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