Quote: Another angle, this is a column shift automatic car SPD first week of October 1970 at the Hamtramck plant
This engine in this picture also appears to have been manipulated a bit. Notice the by pass hose. The paint density is not consistent with the intake port that it is directly connected to. It shows an impossible paint pattern for two pieces that were supposedly painted together. The hose has a thin over spray look to it while the intake is heavily covered. Paint on rubber does not wear off or thin out over time. It would have either flaked or chipped off. The picture of the blue survivor engine that is posted earlier in this thread conveys the correct look that the hose would have exhibited if it was painted on the engine. -Clamps have been changed however.-
