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I got me 390 back from the machine shop. During the process of a complete overhaul, they bored it out 0.040” over, put in an Edelbrock Performer Plus (2106) Cam and the Edelbrock Performer Intake. The rest of the long block is pretty much stock; I didn’t want to mess with a good thing.
I picked it up yesterday and painted today. Probably going to bag it for a while as I get the rest of the truck completed.
looks like it should work. I'm not sure if you care but that's the wrong color for that vintage of Ford engine. it looks good but if you want to correct it now would be the time.
looks like it should work. I'm not sure if you care but that's the wrong color for that vintage of Ford engine. it looks good but if you want to correct it now would be the time.
I didn’t really check all that well. It was a choice between Ford Blue and Dark Ford Blue. I went dark because it will hide grime better. I am happy with this.
Ford used a royal blue back in the day. This is my 400 royal blue. My machine shop painted mine. Its not a perfect match but its as close as they could get it.
Too many names. I'm going with the late model gray for my next one!
I bet there are plenty of threads here discussing Ford Blue, Ford Light Blue, Ford Corporate Blue, Ford Dark Blue and maybe one other? And depending on who you talk to, "Ford Blue" is either medium, dark, or neither anymore, because that dark blue in the above pics really IS the darkest of the bunch.
At one time in the seventies here were only two typically found on the shelf. Ford Blue (the newer, darker of the two) and Ford Light Blue (the older lighter of the two). Then it started getting really messy no long after!
First time I saw an older Ford with a gold engine I was just about done with all of the keeping-it-stock idea.
I actually like the Ford blues, but trying to pick one gives me the blues! Hence the preference for the later model gray, or even some non-stock color.
Heck, even Ford got tired of choosing and just went bare cast iron, or "rust color" in the last few years of the Windsors. Not sure if they did that in all models, or just the Explorers in the last couple of years.
Good luck. I like that dark, color a lot for the same reasons you mentioned.
Too many names. I'm going with the late model gray for my next one!
I bet there are plenty of threads here discussing Ford Blue, Ford Light Blue, Ford Corporate Blue, Ford Dark Blue and maybe one other? And depending on who you talk to, "Ford Blue" is either medium, dark, or neither anymore, because that dark blue in the above pics really IS the darkest of the bunch.
At one time in the seventies here were only two typically found on the shelf. Ford Blue (the newer, darker of the two) and Ford Light Blue (the older lighter of the two). Then it started getting really messy no long after!
First time I saw an older Ford with a gold engine I was just about done with all of the keeping-it-stock idea.
I actually like the Ford blues, but trying to pick one gives me the blues! Hence the preference for the later model gray, or even some non-stock color.
Heck, even Ford got tired of choosing and just went bare cast iron, or "rust color" in the last few years of the Windsors. Not sure if they did that in all models, or just the Explorers in the last couple of years.
Good luck. I like that dark, color a lot for the same reasons you mentioned.
Paul
Haha. It’s all just a color with the word Ford in front of it... Made by various paint companies most of which are likely unlicensed with Ford so it’s a close imitation in the end.
