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Posted 2012-02-14 2:58 AM (#307754)
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Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA		were any mopars built with factory painted exhaust manifolds ? --------------------------------------------------------later
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Posted 2012-02-14 5:19 AM (#307762 - in reply to #307754)
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57plymouth
Posted 2012-02-14 9:59 AM (#307786 - in reply to #307754)
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Location: Blythewood, SC		Yes, Flatties. Flatties were painted after assembly. Everything was shot in silver.
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Posted 2012-02-14 11:17 AM (#307789 - in reply to #307754)
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Location: Under the X in Texas		Well, is the question whether Ma MoPar intentionally painted exhaust manifolds expecting the paint to stay for cosmetic beautification and protection for more than the first couple of hundred miles, or is the question did Ma MoPar overspray exhaust manifolds during the painting of the engine because it was inevitable and could not be avoided and still burned off in the first couple of hundred miles? First answer is NO. Second answer is YES. And sure remnant flakes of paint could be found where the paint was heaviest next to the cast iron of the cylinder head for a few thousand miles depending on how fast and hard it was driven and climatic conditions. If this were a GM /Corvette judging question then it would be worth a point to spend dozens of hours maintaining some overspray to keep the judges happy.
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d500neil
Posted 2012-02-14 4:22 PM (#307829 - in reply to #307789)
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Location: bishop, ca		Well, Wayne.....what Brian is saying is that the exhaust manifold, on the flatties WERE painted, right along with the engine
block & cylinder head.

As you say, that paint may have burned off quickly (I dunno about that), but it appears that the exhaust manifold received
a lot more than mere over-spray (right, Brian?).




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Posted 2012-02-14 4:46 PM (#307831 - in reply to #307754)
Subject: Re: painted exhaust manifolds ?



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Location: Blythewood, SC		Correct. On Flatties they were fully painted along with the rest of the motor. Not just overspray.

I don't know about other motors.
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b5rt
Posted 2012-02-14 5:46 PM (#307835 - in reply to #307754)
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Location: central Illinois		When it comes to A,B and E body judging, todays restorers are completely painting the exhaust manifolds. This seems to be what the judges at the Nationals expect. I've seen it on slant 6's all the way to 426 Hemi's. Of course it discolors and pretty much burns off within a thousand miles or so. But most of those cars are trailer queens for many years before that happens.

I'm wondering if the engine line painting sequence was the same in the Forward Look era as it was in the 60's and later?
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d500neil
Posted 2012-02-15 2:09 PM (#307949 - in reply to #307754)
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Location: bishop, ca		Funny that people would paint their exhaust manifolds in engine-color,
when excellent high-heat 'bare-steel' and 'cast-iron' rattle can paints
are readily available.

This so-so photo is a screen shot of Plymouth engines (IIRC); note
that the pulleys are sprayed along with everything, including their
exhaust manifolds (?).

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57plymouth
Posted 2012-02-15 2:20 PM (#307959 - in reply to #307754)
Subject: Re: painted exhaust manifolds ?



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Location: Blythewood, SC		"Excellent" and "rattle can" never belong together.

There are good paints. Then there are the paints that come in rattle cans. Both have a place and a purpose, but don't think that rattle can will last over time.
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d500neil
Posted 2012-02-15 2:41 PM (#307968 - in reply to #307959)
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Posted 2012-02-15 4:43 PM (#307987 - in reply to #307949)
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d500neil - 2012-02-15 2:09 PM

Funny that people would paint their exhaust manifolds in engine-color,
when excellent high-heat 'bare-steel' and 'cast-iron' rattle can paints
are readily available.

This so-so photo is a screen shot of Plymouth engines (IIRC); note
that the pulleys are sprayed along with everything, including their
exhaust manifolds (?).


Neil...

That line is definitely DODGE poly. Look at the water crossover on the front attached to the heads.
Should look like Horrie's front end. My guess is 57 or 58 line photo from the water gooseneck.

Hank



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d500neil
Posted 2012-02-15 5:25 PM (#307995 - in reply to #307987)
Subject: Re: painted exhaust manifolds ?



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Location: bishop, ca		OK--my brain fart; Hank!

These would be 1956 Poly's---IIRC (now)....!



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56300B
Posted 2012-03-05 6:38 PM (#310912 - in reply to #307754)
Subject: RE: painted exhaust manifolds ?



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Location: The Great Northwest		After bead blasting exhaust manifolds, I have used cast blast 1200 to 'paint' them. The results look like bare cast metal and it has lasted for many years of use. Don't know of any color paint that stays looking decent on exhaust manifolds.
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