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I had one,came in factory my 79' Monti Carlo,not that color sceme though. they were a slug of an engine,no guts at all!

GM had no real way to selectively paint the basic engine.....air cleaner is
a different story. Look at the gaskets.....to see if the engine has been apart.

For the engines with aluminum valve covers, I think they layed a mask (perhaps just a steel cover) on the engine during painting. For aluminum intakes, they had a cardboard valley cover to mask

Sounds like a dealer did an engine for the bicentennial....'76. They did some montes or monzas with a really ugly red/white/blue scheme back then.....looked like an Arkansas Clap Doctor's car.

mike in tucson

Originally Posted by Oldmanb

I had one,came in factory my 79' Monti Carlo,not that color sceme though. they were a slug of an engine,no guts at all!

that was a 267 SB Chevy in that 1979 Monte Carlo . I had a 1979 also with that same Engine . I owned two 1975 Chevy Monza's with 262 SB Chevy's in them . The one car was a 4-Speed . That 4-Speed 262 Monza got a Comp cams 268H High Rise and 600 D/P a Few other mods and Ran Low 14's on 13" Street Tires but MPH-ed Like a 13 Sec car . It would leave Long marks when power shifting 1-2 and 2-3 and was very easy on fuel . Great car to have now a Days . The 262's that I have had responded better to mods then that 267 in My 1979 Monte Carlo did .

Originally Posted by tango

that was a 267 SB Chevy in that 1979 Monte Carlo . I had a 1979 also with that same Engine . I owned two 1975 Chevy Monza's with 262 SB Chevy's in them . The one car was a 4-Speed . That 4-Speed 262 Monza got a Comp cams 268H High Rise and 600 D/P a Few other mods and Ran Low 14's on 13" Street Tires but MPH-ed Like a 13 Sec car . It would leave Long marks when power shifting 1-2 and 2-3 and was very easy on fuel . Great car to have now a Days . The 262's that I have had responded better to mods then that 267 in My 1979 Monte Carlo did .

Ah, ya you are right, my memory isn't what it used to be!