Up until around 1974 or so chevy painted their engines orange, then they switched to blue. In the 80s they switched again to black
i thought it was for the size because i have seen orange 427's. never seen a blue block till now
Someone painted this engine the GM corporate blue color
that is a nice blue
I bought braided stainless blue rubber plug wires to match it
it kinda reminds me of dodges b5 blue
the distributer stuff seems confusing
im not as educated as i should be on the older stuff
It's a dying art
Hotrodding, manual machining, mechanical diesels, the old school stuff is all a dying art
yeah efi and the computer stuff has taken over everything
If anything ever happens that sets us back 60 years in technology, people like you and I will be kings
lol kings
takes over every car manufacture
Think about it
The dude who knows his way around the stock market? Useless, post-SHTF
The liberal that censored people on facebook for a living? Same thing
"Journalists?" They're done, too
yeah
But the guy who can keep your truck running?
people would be freaking out
That dude, you'll want as your buddy
you would make so much money from that though
Even in a barter economy, practical skillsets from back in the day will make you a very rich man
really one of the only things i dont care for when it comes to cars is the wiring
yeah it would
I can even go one step further
I know how to make lathe tooling
really?
thats cool
Yes, I can grind my own tools
grinder and a hammer
If you give me some high speed steel stock and a bench grinder, I will make a general purpose cutting tool, a UNC thread tool, a boring bar, parting tool, whatever
if i had to make a tool i can probably do it, it would just take me some time
I actually still have some makeshift tools around here somewhere
The boring bar I made needs a sharpening
I beat the snot out of that thing taking quarter inch passes on aluminum with it
i need to step my tool game up. i do a lot of rc stuff and i really need to put aside my current stuff and get one of those boxo moto boxes
Spend some money on good quality tools
Good tools will make you money
