What color is your block?

[Ms Grumpy]

Since we are probably going to have to replace the block, we started thinking that maybe we want to paint it black to match the car. Up until now it has been the Chevy orange.

So I thought I would ask this question.

What color is your block?

[Hank70SS]

Chevy orange. With almost everything else black I think the orange really shows off the engine. If the block is black it will tend to fade into the engine compartment instead of standing out. Depends on what look you're going for.

[Ms Grumpy]

I can't remember seeing another black car with the engine block painted black. Now, I never really paid attention, but that doesn't mean that I never saw it that way.

When we started this project last year, we were only gonna do the body, but like most men (sorry guys), Grumpy wanted more power. So we started adding things onto the motor. Like Tim Taylor used to say "More Power", Grumpy wanted as much power as we could shove under the hood, and that my bank account could handle.

Along the way we decided that we did not want alot of chrome. To make a long story short, we went with aluminum valve covers, nothing polished and shiny (unless that was the only way it came). So my thinking is that if the block is black, it would maybe give the engine compartment some depth.

[RBeckman]

Anything else beside Chevy Orange is a SIN in my book.

[grandsport]

My block is almost tan now,and the one in The Black Car is orange.

[Ms Grumpy]

I take it that orange is the popular choice.

[1969SS396]

Another orange here.

My son painted his small block in his 69 Malibu purple.....the boy ain't right.

[Hank70SS]

Originally Posted by Ms Grumpy

I take it that orange is the popular choice.

Originally Posted by 1969SS396

Another orange here.

My son painted his small block in his 69 Malibu purple.....the boy ain't right.

Well we know for certain it's not purple!

[flash]

Another vote for orange.

[Rank]

Originally Posted by Ms Grumpy

Since we are probably going to have to replace the block, we started thinking that maybe we want to paint it black to match the car. Up until now it has been the Chevy orange.

So I thought I would ask this question.

What color is your block?

ORange would seem to be the best fit to the car. Black chev engines are usually the later versions (center bolt type) in the eighties and nineties cars.