Ron- just makes you a valuable member of this and the other groups to which you
have donated time, pics and much help to many. THANKS from me and Im sure I
speak for many. TonytheTiger
--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
> From: Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] proper engine color
> To: "'Tod Brown'" <todbrown@roadrunner.com>, tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 4:41 PM
> DE1606 is the color the Mustang catalogs list for the
> blocks.
> The other Ford blue colors are for valve covers and such
> which is not a
> concern with Tigers.
>
> The short poll I took about the Color of B19KC blocks came
> back mostly Ford
> Blue but there are a couple of Black entries.
>
> This makes me wonder if Ford cut in the Corporate Blue
> during this block of
> engines; I have not pieced that together.
> It is possible more clues are in the Ford micro films that
> Norm shows on his
> web site.
>
> Here is what is know;
>
> Ford Corporate Blue was used for the 1966 model year,
> previously the engine
> blocks were painted black.
> The 66 model year for production starts in July or August
> 1965 to have 66
> models ready for sale in September.
> Ford put Rev level 9 on the aluminum engine tags which
> seems to correspond
> with the color change.
>
> Tiger engine code B19KC = February 19, 1965
> The first B19KC engine listed in TBON has a Tiger build
> date of Aug 14,1965
> and this build of engines lasts to the end of the MKI
> build, Dec 30, 1966.
>
> The question here would be; were any of the B19KC engines
> built during the
> Ford change over period or later and did they switch to
> Ford Blue Paint?
>
> This is where the engine tag numbers and the engine build
> date code become
> important to decipher this.
>
> I truly do not know if there is an absolute answer for this
> but it is
> interesting to me.
>
> Does that make me a TRIVIA GEEK???
>
> Ron Fraser
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