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My next project (after I finish up detail work on a couple on the bench) is a '57 Ford Fairlane I was gifted.  I intend to build it stock as a tribute to a black and yellow '57 one of my older brothers had when I was a kid.

Not a Ford guy.  What color would the engine be for this application?

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Ford was painting their Y-Blocks of that era a medium Red with Black Valve Covers. The '54 introductory year Y-Block was a Yellow/Beige colored block.  

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38 minutes ago, espo said:

Ford was painting their Y-Blocks of that era a medium Red with Black Valve Covers. The '54 introductory year Y-Block was a Yellow/Beige colored block.  

Thanks!

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19 minutes ago, PHPaul said:

Thanks!

Forgot to mention that Ford also painted their Air Filter a flat low metallic Silver on cars with a paper element air filter. The Oil Bath style air cleaners were a semi-gloss black. 

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