I am still new to the website and will probably have many more questions to come. I am restoring a 69 convertible bird 350/th-350 well optioned car, all numbers matching. I purchased the car about an hour from my hometown and from the 2nd owner. It had been stored since 1992. The previous owner has had the engine rebuilt .030 over with a mild upgraded cam. It has never been started yet. However they painted it the wrong Pontiac color, more of a early 70's color. I had a 1966 GTO so I know the color needs changed. What is the best way to go about getting old paint off and putting new on without disassembling the motor? I will be pulling it out for the trip to the body shop later this fall. Thanks for any help and I hope to see some of you this weekend at the Nationals in Dayton Ohio.
Before Q tells you , I`ll will....mine was painted bright yellow when I bought it....prev. owner prob. needed some light under there! lol Anyway, I painted mine in place....first used laquer thinner to clean as Vikki also says...used a long brush to get everywhere...then wiped dry w a shop rag... painted using Bill Hirsch engine paint (pontiac blue) w a small long brush (willow twig will do..lol)and it took me about 3 hrs to do the top half...later did same from underneath , when I got to use a lift...theres a spot around the starter you wont get to, but wont really be seen, another tough area is the pulley... the bottom took maybe 1.5 - 2 hrs... I didnt want to pull engine , only had 8K on it then, and ran fine...
if you pull it out , you can probably spray it (use BillHirsch paint)lots easier...and wire brush would help get the paint off when out too... good luck!
Hey Bjorn, how do you contact hirsch paint. there was an old thread on this subject I believe back in May. i tried to click on link and kept coming up page not found. Is there a new link to it? Or is there someone else to get the pontiac blue for an engine? any help would be greatly appreciated. Wade
Kelly, that was a great site. It is a trip to see all the colors for different years pontiac put on their engines. Now I got some codes to go look in town and see what is available. Might save me from having to wait and pay shipping on top of that. thank you Wade
