Yellowbird's Quote: "Whatever, Jim. Just because you declare something right or wrong does not make it so. If we were to poll this forum (which has a very good sample population) and ask each person who has a numbers matching unrepainted engine to submit photos, you would find more than one color, more than one shade. And I am quite certain that you would declare any that don't match your engine to be wrong."

I'm not declaring anything here. I have asked questions and stated opinions that have been labeled 'IMO'. My engine color is definitely wrong. It has had no time to age since it was hot tanked and repainted 6 years ago and only ran a few hundred miles. The color changes are already starting though.