definitely going to look closer at some original paint engines...not too many around this end of the world. the expert i was referring to was a phone call to roger. he also said the front harmonic balancer had a fixture for balancing that clamped onto it and left heavy marks on the paint and the vin was stamped after all this and there shouldn`t be any paint in the stamped numbers themselves. i had a look today at my charger and it looks like the carburetor was not on during painting of the engine-won`t be sure until i take carburetor off but that`s how it looks-is it only the sixpack cars that the carbs were on before paint?
all the best
frank.