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| '58 Interceptor color & heads |
| By McQ - 02/19/2003 10:36:56 PM; IP 65.176.105.195 |
You guys should like this. A local young Rat Rodder is doing a Model A right. The A bone is being built as if it's 1959 and he just came upon a nice '58 Interceptor 352. The bone is chopped and it'll be racer flat black backed by a 3 speed Caddy LaSalle trans. Lots of heritage going into this rod with "Alternative" street rod power. This kid knows his stuff.
He called me tonight asking me what the original color of a '58 Interceptor block/heads was. He has a few sets of EDC heads and one set has the remnants of what looks to be a greenish/torquoise coloring. Seemed right but I had to take a can of solvent and a rag and go out to see my donor '58 Wagon that still has most of the '52 Interceptor still in tact. A little workout with the rag and I could find quite a bit of that greenish torquoise myself. So is that the right color? Does anyone know who supplies such a color or something close?
Second question I have is about the EDC heads. I have thought for many years that the early production '58 heads(first 90 days) had the machined combustion chambers that featured a a small approximately quarter size expansion-soft plug on each end of the head. My rat rodder friend says his heads are the EDC but there's no expansion-soft plug on the ends. Is there anyone that can shed some light on this?
What he has actually done is to build a stout 390 with forged pistons, Comp 282S cam with the '58 EDC heads. He hasn't acquired yet but plans to eventually run a late fifties/early sixties after market multi carb induction system of some kind, i.e., the E-brock tri power or even a six carb system. That would mean of course good old leaky Stromberg 97's. Not my cup-o-tea on this part but hey it's the Rat's ride.
So '58 Interceptor engine color?
And expansion-soft plugs on EDC-E machined combustion chamber heads, all or not? |
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