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painted in place? I did the same ,to cover up POs yellow paint...took me 3 hours from top, then almost 4 from underneath. ...back breaking job w a small long brush...
you did a good job ,looks good!
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Very nice work. What paint did you use? Brush, or airbrush?
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold  1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
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Yes I painted it in place...I used cans of spray paint and removed whatever could be removed and detailed them then after I painted the block, I reinstalled everything.
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Very nice, I did the same. Took off what I could and masked the rest. Didn't do the lower half.
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I have one question. Do you have your heater core bypassed?
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Yes it is, I think that was done back around 1980.
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They all need touch up after sitting for the winter.....I do mine in place as well now, or in Brett's driveway!!
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Looks great! I learned a great trick from my best friend who owns several Pontiacs and the engines always look perfect. I never knew how he did until one day I happened to pop in on him just before a big Pontiac show here in Orlando.
Airbrush!
Yeap, the guy fills his little tank up with Hirsh paint and hits the entire engine in the matter of minutes with an airbrush every once in awhile and it keeps the thing looking PERFECT all the time! I couldn't believe it! LOL
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After I did mine 8 yrs ago, I`ve let it become 'used' looking , after all its a'driver quality' car...nice to be albe to be 'lazy' with it...browned, dusty....
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I'm curious. I always see the Pontiac with their engines painted that bright colour. Is this colour just on the 400's or is that just the closest match to original out there? The blue on my 350 looks to be quite a bit different. 
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metallic blue, years blue 66-72 , other blues , before and after...the blue on yours indicates someone painted it wrong color or the engine year is not matching the car year...
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