I'm sure this has been beat to death here.

Had some friends over to help install my motor yesterday. Of course restoration do's and don'ts were in much of the conversations. A couple of these guys are involved with the resent discovery/purchase of the 6000 mile HEMI Challenger and have hands on physical evidence of many original details. Engine paint was one topic.

While I'm a big fan of glossy, show stopper engine paint, this time around I went with a fairly low gloss (Frank Badalson-Roger Gibson product) paint thinking it was more in line with factory correct.

[img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/9dht1m6tz8rrwxv/motor.jpg?dl=0[/img]

These fellas weren't on my side on this. They claim they cleaned some areas on the motor that revealed high glossy areas of paint on the block. I guess that could justify a show car shine on the motor but I wouldn't think that's the norm.

Not really wanting to start a "right and wrong" discussion, in general, what is the overall thinking of what is more likely the correct amount of gloss if you want to be factory correct?

I apologize ahead of time for bringing it up