Paul Dutram

So anyone have any suggestions for a paint brand/color for the engine?

Nice mod. Thanks for the info. The Orange Crate, Willys, Anglia/Thames engines were supposedly 394 ci engines of course, but I take your point about the simularities of the 303/324/371/394 ci engine family. I didn't really mean metallic green. I have seen some pictures of these engines that appear to be darker green, but the vast majority seem to look like a very bright (hence my misuse of the term metallic) medium green. Do you know why they appear like this. Can you suggest a paint to use?

Am I right that this would be the only 303ci Olds engine, other than the Beatnik Bandit? What's the engine color on this model? The 1950 Oldsmobile brochure shows a yellow-orange color, but I always thought these engines were metallic green.