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Old 02-25-2020, 06:21 AM   #16
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Red face Re: Y block Mercury engine color?

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Originally Posted by streetdreams View Post

The gold, red, white, batwing(caddy) air cleaner 292 is a motor I built for raceron's '56 Vicky. The gold colored block was a close match to the original color of the '55 Merc block used.

The other colors were customer preference and not an attempt at original factory spec.
I apologize for the reference. I was attempting to show that all examples are not OEM.

Please retain me on your CHRISTMAS CARD LIST ...

The 56 MERC engine was painted GOLD wasn't it?
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