curious

[Dav]

when did ford change from 'ford blue' on their engines to a yucky green? and why?
and when did ford start using galvinized steel to make the truck bodies?

 

[bobbywalter]

dont see many painted engines.

 

[Dav]

back in the day, and that's Waaay back, my motors were all blue; 58 T-bird convertible, several 66 mustang convertibles. then i went thru mopar (70 barracuda convert, colors unknown as were the follow up leylands, all converts.) then i did a jimmy work truck-who cares what color it was, it wound up with a ford bed.`
then a toyota hi-lux truck with a capri 2.8 painted with whatever was handy. and a convertible kit. don't remember the colors on the mighty max motors.
now i'm back to fords. the 90 ranger i just sold had a 302. the top of the motor was aluminum so i dont know what color the block was. the 88 i'm customizing- yep, convertible...well removable hardtop for now, the ragtop is next year's project, has a green 2.9 and my 95 ranger has a black 2.3.
so anyway, i'm just wondering what happened to Ford Blue

 

[bobbywalter]

you can buy it, just dont see it factory applied, which is what i though you were referring to ..

 

[adsm08]

Yeah, someone who's name was not Ford painted that 2.9.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Used to be black and gold, then various shades of blue, by the time RBV’s came along they went grey.

 

[Will]

Black with orange sheetmetal before '65. Blue until the big smoggers died out. I remember seeing the gold in some '50's engines--maybe in an early Lincoln with a 430 or 462.

The only recent Fords I've messed with were 2.8 V6--blue, and 2.9 and 4.0 which are dove gray. I don't know about green.

Motors are mostly aluminum, and you can't see them anyway so why bother with paint. Most have a huge plastic cover you can use for sledding.