Ah! That's right!
Don't even think about buying parts new sometimes....
Thanks for the wisdom, gentlemen.
Really couldn't do this correctly without expert advice.
Back in the days before Internet we used to go to shops.
Every weekend we would hang around this or that place,
hoping to get the old man talking...
He usually would.
Feel like that kid again, what with knowing -nothing- about Buick,
And y'all having so much experience.
Now that we have the car torn down,
boxes of stuff are going to blast and/or powder coat.
Need to figure out all of these engine details.
Know that i have been pouring over every pic i can find
(especially yours Walt).
Tons are saved to my hard drive.
Main problem is, one will show something painted black, another natural, and another green.
Guessing that Fremont did things a bit differently?
(Never heard of that in California before, eh?
)
Thanks again for taking your valuable time to read these wordy posts.
Try as i might to pare them down... they end up SO long!
When we brought the engine to the Martins for rebuild,
we included the pulleys and they rebuilt our steering pump.
They painted parts in Buick Green or a glossy(?) black.
First pic shows parts they did; black pulleys, plug wire brackets in green.
Hard to see, but both PS pump brackets are both green as well.
Far as i can tell, that's all correct, right?
Second pic is of stuff i didn't include.
PS pump pulley will get gloss black, right?
Lower right... Moving left...
Guessing that the little fuel line 'hoop' brackets that hang off of the oil pan get green?
Left of that, the wire holder on passenger valve cover - it's supposed to be green too, right?
Shouldn't i have two of those?
What's that other little thingie to the left of the wire holder?
Alternator brackets are reportedly bare metal?
Some i see are black?
The other brackets are green...
Our OG Fremont-built '65 Skylark parts car -seems- to have the alt bracket in bare metal (see pic)?
But, as you know, a 300 ain't a 401.
Fuel filter holder-downer is natural?
Are those fuel hose spring clamps correct?
Metal filter 'can' right, too?
How about coil holder-downer? Natural? Black?
Coil seems to be a generic Napa replacement type.
Maybe just needs a squirt of semi-gloss(?) black, and one of those re-pop stickers....?
Speaking of that, saw that Inline Tube has a ton of decals.
Think they're a good place to get those? Who's best?
Is this one of use to us?
https://www.inlinetube.com/products/ged6401?year=1965&make=Buick&model=Gran+SportLastly,
Timing covers are painted, not natural finish, right?
Color-blind guy here can't tell the difference.
Apologies in advance for bombing y'all with a zillion questions.
All these engine parts were painted blue or orange
and i want to get them right.
