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Fresh paint on my 300!

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Flareside Jeff

Fresh paint on my 300!

Here's some pics of my freshly painted motor!

1- 1981 F100 Flareside,
1- 1982 F150 Flareside
1- 1985 M150 Flareside 4X4

grumpin

Re: Fresh paint on my 300!

Looks nice!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Gary Lewis

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Looks great! What paint did you use?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Flareside Jeff

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Ford engine blue, enamel.

1- 1981 F100 Flareside,
1- 1982 F150 Flareside
1- 1985 M150 Flareside 4X4

Gary Lewis

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Fordboy300

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Man that sure is pretty! It reminds me of when I rebuilt the 300 on my 86.

Looks good!

"Big Red" 1986 Ford F150 XL

Ford 300 i6 4.9L .20 over bore(303 cubic inches now), p&p head, Crower 19212 cam, crower lifter spring kit, cloyes timing gears, EFI manifolds, Offenhauser C-series, Edelbrock 500cfm, DUI Ignition Dizzy, dual in single out magnaflow exhaust dumped before the rear axle.

Machspeed

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Flareside Jeff wrote

Ford engine blue, enamel.

Spray bomb or spray gun? Looks fantastic!

Off topic slightly, but when I bought my truck, I was very disappointed to see a gray engine. If it ever comes out, and I know it's not technically correct, it will be painted in Ford Blue.

John

"Blackie" - 1986 F150 4x4 - Mildly warmed over 351W HO - Original owner

mat in tn

Re: Fresh paint on my 300!

technically correct? 20 years ago when i rebuilt my 300 i looked at it like a tractor engine and painted it john deere yellow. i would never do that today. i have become more simple about these . i have a rule for this on my trucks now. fuel injected get ford gray and carb engines get ford blue. i prefer the traditional look even if the internals are modified. i do sometimes use the hei conversion some simply because it just plain works.

Flareside Jeff

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In reply to this post by Machspeed

Painted with a spray gun, This engine was originally gray too. I was told back in the day that the gray engines were industrial engines, put in some pickups, but I haven't verified that yet.

1- 1981 F100 Flareside,
1- 1982 F150 Flareside
1- 1985 M150 Flareside 4X4

Flareside Jeff

Re: Fresh paint on my 300!

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Thanks!!!

1- 1981 F100 Flareside,
1- 1982 F150 Flareside
1- 1985 M150 Flareside 4X4

Flareside Jeff

Re: Fresh paint on my 300!

In reply to this post by mat in tn

I had a Carbureted 86 F150 with a gray 300, and this 85 that I am building, the engine was also gray,
but I like the Ford Blue much better!

1- 1981 F100 Flareside,
1- 1982 F150 Flareside
1- 1985 M150 Flareside 4X4

FuzzFace2

Re: Fresh paint on my 300!

From what I seen posted the early years of the 80 - 86 trucks were blue and the later years gray.
The motor in my 1981 truck, not the motor the truck left the factory with, was gray and did not like that color so did it in blue also.

Dave ----

Dave G.
81 F100 flare side 300 six / AA OD / NP435 / 2.75 gear
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=1
81 F100 style side 300 six/SROD parts truck -RIP
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1981-Ford-F100

Rusty_S85

Re: Fresh paint on my 300!

FuzzFace2 wrote

From what I seen posted the early years of the 80 - 86 trucks were blue and the later years gray.
The motor in my 1981 truck, not the motor the truck left the factory with, was gray and did not like that color so did it in blue also.

Dave ----

Should be correct. 83 I think was the cross over year, for 82 the distributor cap adapter only comes in blue which was used with blue engines, grey/black was used on grey/black engines the way I hear it.

My engine was a replacement block but everything else is original to the truck and it always was dark corporate blue and the same thing I am doing to my F1SE block that I am back dating to work with my 82.

"Old Blue" - '56 Fairlane Town Sedan - 292-4V, Ford-O-Matic transmission, 3.22:1
'63 Belair 2dr sdn - 283-4V, Powerglide transmission, 4.56:1
'78 Cougar XR7 - 351-2V, FMX transmission, 2.75:1 9inch
"Bruno" - '82 F150 Flareside - 302-2V, C6 transmission, 2.75:1 9inch, 31x10.50-15 BFG KO2

IowaTom

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Beautiful, Jeff! Nice job.

I did a head-ectormy on my (gray) 300 two days ago and that baby is a hernia maker! Does anyone know what a complete engine weighs?

'85 F150 XLT 4X4 with 300 c.i. six & NP435 four speed.
'63 Studebaker Avanti - 350/TH350
'59 Rambler Super - OHV 6 with 3-speed OD
'58 Studebaker Scotsman sedan - 289 with 3-speed OD

Flareside Jeff

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That's a Great looking engine and trans, I'm putting a 4 speed in mine as well!

1- 1981 F100 Flareside,
1- 1982 F150 Flareside
1- 1985 M150 Flareside 4X4

Flareside Jeff

Re: Fresh paint on my 300!

Thanks Tom, I'm guessing a complete 300 is prolly around 500 lbs.

1- 1981 F100 Flareside,
1- 1982 F150 Flareside
1- 1985 M150 Flareside 4X4

Rembrant

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In reply to this post by Flareside Jeff

That engine looks great! Well done.

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

ratdude747

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I do know that a raw 300 block can be lifted with two guys... Fully built up mine was making the engine stand bounce... She was heavy!

What makes the head a pain is the size and positioning when removing in-the-truck... if I ever needed to pull mine (in-the-truck), I'd probably use my engine hoist... It was bad enough removing it on a stand!

1984 F150: 300 L6, AOD, RWD. EEC IV / TFI, Feedback Carter YFA Carb. Stock everything but radio (for now).