Flathead engine colors
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Flathead engine colors
Can anyone point me to the factory flathead 239 V8 engine colors for 1952. I have pulled the engine (thanks for the pointers on that) and am in the process of cleaning/de-greasing and glass beading parts and pieces. I would like to keep things as original as possible and want to know what colors go where....... The engine looks to have been a gold/bronze color, but the intake was a silver green color? Any info is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Wade
Thanks,
Wade
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Can anyone point me to the factory flathead 239 V8 engine colors for 1952. I have pulled the engine (thanks for the pointers on that) and am in the process of cleaning/de-greasing and glass beading parts and pieces. I would like to keep things as original as possible and want to know what colors go where....... The engine looks to have been a gold/bronze color, but the intake was a silver green color? Any info is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Wade
Thanks,
Wade
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the green as stated above for our trucks, or red (according to Vanpelts) but I've never seen a red one in a 52.
here's the engine after I removed it from my 52 F6 it had a stuck valve on the drivers side that I had to remove the head for fixing. this was running it just after the first torque sequence on the head bolts ( had an old timer tell me to run it till warm or just more than warm without water the first head bolt tightening sequence ) then retorque after cool down.
here is another great flathead resource if you haven't seen it yet?
Engine Colors:
Ford engines were generally dark blue in 1949 and changed to bronze in late '49 production through 1951. For 1952 and 1953 the Ford engine was either tangerine red or green. The Ford truck engines were red from 1948 through 1951, and then changed to green for 1952-53.
Ford Flathead Engines
Cheers
Josh
here's the engine after I removed it from my 52 F6 it had a stuck valve on the drivers side that I had to remove the head for fixing. this was running it just after the first torque sequence on the head bolts ( had an old timer tell me to run it till warm or just more than warm without water the first head bolt tightening sequence ) then retorque after cool down.
here is another great flathead resource if you haven't seen it yet?
Ford engines were generally dark blue in 1949 and changed to bronze in late '49 production through 1951. For 1952 and 1953 the Ford engine was either tangerine red or green. The Ford truck engines were red from 1948 through 1951, and then changed to green for 1952-53.
Ford Flathead Engines
Cheers
Josh
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Chuck has said the green is 1952 Lincoln green and recommended getting it from Bill Hirsch. I've also read that the Detroit Diesel Alpine Green is a very close match. Here are pics of Mark Mossell's (the chassisman) restored Ranger engine. Mark is a purist's purist, so I'm sure what you see is correct. I took these, but there's a couple others with wider angles over in his Hub Garage gallery. Stu
HubGarage.com - Mark Mossell's Marmon Herrington Garage
HubGarage.com - Mark Mossell's Marmon Herrington Garage
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