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Old 09-17-2012, 03:34 PM   #15
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Default Re: Block painting

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Originally Posted by john hamilton View Post
Hirsch is the best.

At the factory the engines were assembled then painted as one piece. Gaskets and all got paint. Having gaskets, etc, show looks nice but it's not the way Henry did it.
Not prewar they weren't. Actually I don't think they were painted as an assembly until 1949. The blocks were masked in certain areas prior to painting (EX: for the cylinder heads, etc.). NO paint on the gaskets
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